Blast from the Past
Linda PlattsGrain growers in Washington’s Spokane Valley traditionally burned the rubble on their fields after harvest. More recently, concern about air quality amidst the growing population…
Volume 20, No.4, Winter 2002
What's So Special about the Farm?" by PERC Senior Associate Peter J. Hill kicks off the issue. Hill explains why farmers have received such largess from the federal government. Then Dan Zinkand, an editor with Iowa Farmer Today predicts the demise of multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies and warns readers to anticipate what that future might entail.
