Talk:Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002

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unexplained acronyms

What are these acronyms after the peoples names?

The first letter appears to be Republican Party (United States) vs Democratic Party; and a long stretch of my Ozzie imagination indicates the last two characters are the state the person represents. John Vandenberg 04:47, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct. ike9898 19:04, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Duration

The timeline says the bill is expected to cost $190B over 10 years, but expires after only six years. How is that possible? -- Beland 00:33, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Summary of bill

This article does not have a decent section which summarizes the major provisions of the bill, which seems like pretty basic information. -- Beland 00:37, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

EIS cotton

What is "EIS cotton"? -- Beland 01:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. I just tried Googling it and couldn't find anything relevant. ike9898 16:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Author Michael Pollan's recent book, The Omnivore's Dilemma suggests that corn subsidies in particular have led to the success of the feedlots or CAFOs that he and journalist Eric Schlosser have blamed for the emergence of e. coli as a major health concern. Subsidized corn is so inexpensive that beef companies find it profitable to build large facilities to feed corn to their cattle. Cows do not normally live in enclosed areas or consume corn, so these CAFOs generate large amounts of waste and require antibiotics and other drugs to keep the animals healthy."

We are talking about domesticated dairy cows and beef cattle here, not yaks. They live in enclosed areas -- dairy cows in barns often with a nearby outside pasture for grazing and beef cattle in larger feedlots. Moreover, corn is a very common part of a cow's diet. This smacks of bias.

Also, waste from cows is usually used as fertilizer, the specifics depending on the operation type (most dairy farmers re-use the waste in the crops they grow).

Lastly, there should be additional support for the claim that subsidies have caused ecoli to be a major health concern. This is a wild chain of causation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.108.189 (talk) 04:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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