但是还没有坏到象80年代

前几天读到说, 阿根廷巴西的农民因为汇率的关系努力的出口玉米大豆.  下面的文章摘录则是说, 美国农民在同样情况下只有亏本去生产, 唯一的希望就是国家补助了.

The cost of growing cash-rented corn in southern Minnesota was $786 per bushel (acre?) last year, an estimated $740 this year, and about $696 is projected for 2017. The net return on corn was a loss of $140 an acre this year, with a loss of $66 an acre projected for 2017.

It's not surprising that another jammed session was “Maximizing the Benefits of USDA Programs,” with a lot of questions about FSA loan guarantees that allow lenders to refinance some troubled loans.

Those loan guarantees cost the federal government very little, but they have to be appropriated by Congress.