Claim: Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."
Fact-check: Rep. Earl Blumenauer says cutting direct subsidies to farmers would save $28.4 billion over 10 years
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Charles Pope
Date published: 2013-02-01T00:00:00