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by jefurii 1479 days ago
The U.S. has a history of paying farmers not to grow crops. We did this in the 90s to drive the price of grains up to price Mexican farmers out of the market. If we can do it for as venal a reason as that we should be able to do it for a practical reason like ensuring that people don't die and that our agricultural system doesn't dry up and blow away. Should be. I'm not optimistic tho.