Agricultural subsidy
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An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities. Examples of such commodities include: wheat, feed grains (grain used as fodder, such as maize or corn, sorghum, barley and oats), cotton, milk, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, oilseeds such as soybeans and meat products such as beef, pork, and lamb and mutton.
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See also
- Perverse agricultural subsidies
- Protectionism
- Free trade
- Agricultural policy
- Price support
- Farm gate value
- 2007–2008 world food price crisis
- Electrical energy efficiency on United States farms
- Melkplas
- Wijnzee
- Agrarfrage
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