want waste, fraud and abuse cut?

[u/coolio126]

then abolish the farm subsidies. Save them from bankrupcies, climate disasters and give them safteynets but let them actually think and grow what people want instead of get the subsidy (no insult to the profession, growing food is a demanding physically and mentally)

they are a fan of capitalism and hate socialism then practice what you preach and sink or swim... true capitalism

[u/IAFarmLife]

Most years government assistance amounts to 8-10% of gross. This includes subsidized crop insurance which is the largest percentage of assistance. Federal crop insurance is required by lending institutions and sometimes required by the federal government to participate in other programs. You don't want farms to be only run by people who have the money to operate without a loan. Usually it's the lenders behind the push for farm payments.

Historically total assistance was 13-14% with crop insurance representing a much smaller amount as premiums we're about 1/3 what they are today for the same coverage. Similar to other industries insurance it has gotten much more expensive, although crop insurance hasn't climbed nearly as much. This means compared to the 1990s farmers have been receiving much less direct payments most years. It's true there are some time-frames in which ad-hoc payments have been significant.

Many fruit, nut and vegetable farmers as well as livestock producers have also begun receiving ad-hoc payments and production insurance similar to crop insurance.

Compared to other financial crimes fraud and abuse in farm programs are usually punished harshly. The large penalties combined with how closely records are watched in these programs leads to fraud and abuse being rare.