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> According to the Cato Institute, farmers of corn, soybeans, and wheat receive more than 70% of farm subsidies.

https://www.thoughtco.com/us-farm-subsidies-3325162



To contextualize this given the parent commenter's question:

-- About 50% of US corn production goes toward animal feed (and another 30% goes to ethanol). Slightly out of date source, but recent figures show this has only moved a few percentage points. [1]

-- Over 70% of US soybean production goes toward animal feed. [2]

-- I wasn't able to find something similar about wheat, but I would guess nearly all of it is human consumption.

Given this, it's safe to say that a large portion of these grain subsidies are linked to meat, although to get a better idea of the distribution, we would need to see a further breakdown by category (corn, soybeans, wheat).

[1] https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coexisten... [2] https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coexisten...


I think mahogany’s comment is more important but I just want to add: how many subsidies they get doesn’t relate at all to what research they might fund.

They’re deeply tied to the meat industry so would benefit more from increased consumption.




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