date:Nov 19, 2012
ll be voluntary and not involve quotas. But here again, in order to get the carrot of federally discounted insurance against noncatastrophic price drops, farmers have to accept the stick of supply management (which in Orwellian vernacular is called the production base).
Carrots and sticks dont work too well with mules; they shouldnt be inflicted on cows or people either. There are better near-term alternatives to DMSP, among them a scaled-down margin insurance plan offered by Reps. Bob Goodlatt