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Bulk of Trump's U.S. farm aid goes to biggest and wealthiest farmers -advocacy group


By News on the Net -- Reuters——--July 31, 2019

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WASHINGTON, - More than half of the Trump administration's $8.4 billion in trade aid payments to U.S. farmers through April was received by the top 10% of recipients, the country's biggest and most successful farmers, a study by an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. Highlighting an uneven distribution of the bailout, which was designed to help offset effects of the U.S.-China trade war, the Environmental Working Group said the top 1% of aid recipients received an average of more than $180,000 while the bottom 80% were paid less than $5,000 in aid.-- More...

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