Housing prices may drop as population age changes and less people look for a house to live in or economies slow down. What if we have to adjust to get back where we should be. As long as payments are passed out in this ratio the problem will get worse. I call this farm program the great land give away to a select few. You will always have production in the United States, just look at the operations that dont take government suport.
Farms are just like a factory, they wear out and change.
Some become more efficent and greater economic of scale. Some times the labor at the factory prices itself out of the world market. I have asked this of my government representatives and when they are going to address this issue and they simple say good question. When market prices remain well below farmer production costs then farmers rely on government payments. By cutting assistance without changing the farm bill to guarantee farmers a fair price from the market, Bush will leave family farmers twisting in the wind.