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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

The way I read it was the land owners would loose 
ALL their subsidies if they allowed ANY of their 
land to be used for vegetables or fruit. I'm sure 
they do this farming for the money and to be cut 
out of the govt trough because they rented some 
land to a guy to grow watermelons?
Congress still goes to the highest bidder.

Rob
becida AT comcast.net



At  3/2/2008 12:55 PM,Lynda wrote:
> Am I reading this correctly?  The guy is offended that land being used and
> producing an income won't get a subsidy for something they don't produce?
> Gee, I'm heartbroken that the owner of the property can't be double dipping!
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
>
> I’ve discovered that typically, a farmer who grows the forbidden
> fruits and vegetables on corn acreage not only has to give up his
> subsidy for the year on that acreage, he is also penalized the market
> value of the illicit crop, and runs the risk that those acres will be
> permanently ineligible for any subsidies in the future. (The penalties
> apply only to fruits and vegetables — if the farmer decides to grow
> another commodity crop, or even nothing at all, there’s no problem.)
>
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