Max Armstrong offers insight on supports offered in different countries and there is focus on programs in China, Thailand, Brazil and others that subsidize their farmers in ways deemed illegal in the world of global trade. U.S. farmers are supported by a safety net too, but far below what is happening on a global level.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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