date:Nov 19, 2012
Unlike commodities such as corn and soybeans, carrots are not (yet) among the major beneficiary crops of taxpayer subsidies or government price controls. Yet they still figure prominently in federal agriculture policy; look no further than Washingtons latest proposed carrot-and-stick approach, one that Congress could very well enact in the post-election lame-duck session.
Since the Great Depression, the federal government has meddled with the market for milk in the name of helping dairy farm