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You have to own land to see ANY benefit monetarily from those programs. Some farmers do not own any land, and then there are others who do, but maybe their property isn't a candidate, so they can't participate in those programs.

OB-
Yes I was involved with DU. I have been a volunteer on the local committee for a number of years, and was involved with my chapter while in college. Haven't missed a banquet in my hometown for the last eighteen years.
A lot of the money that farmers have received over the last couple of years ...

Simply put, in the new Farm Bill proposal (Kind amendment), there was 80% more money allocated for programs such as the CRP and WRP, than have been in the past. DU decided this wasn't enough, so they lobbied for 20% of the farmers commodity support monies. And with commodity prices as low or lower ...