🚜Agriculture Secretary's Farm Subsidy Changes Favor Large Agribusinesses

Just 4 companies control 85% of beef processing, 70% of pork, and 54% of chicken production—when subsidies favor these giants over small farms, it accelerates consolidation that gives corporations power over food prices, quality, and availability

Small family farms support 2.6 million rural jobs but receive only 27% of agricultural subsidies despite representing 89% of all farms—Rollins' changes worsen this inequality by directing taxpayer money to corporate shareholders rather than rural communities

Corporate factory farms produce 70% more pollution per unit than family farms while using 40% more antibiotics that create drug-resistant bacteria—subsidy changes encourage environmentally destructive industrial agriculture over sustainable farming practices

Agribusiness spends $100+ million annually on lobbying while family farmers can't afford political influence—when officials like Rollins favor corporate donors over public interests, it shows how money corrupts agricultural policy