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Aid Debate, a WyoFile special report, looks at whether there is a double standard in how some legislators view different forms of federal assistance, how America's farm subsidy system doesn't necessarily work to only help the nation's smallest agricultural producers and how Wyoming's construction industry continues to struggle despite the slowly improving economy.

Farm subsidies a complex mix of financial aid, politics & markets

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Since the 1930s, the federal government has managed an increasingly complex system of subsidies, direct payments, incentives and other financial assistance to American farmers, all with the goal of making the difficult and risky work of farming less volatile and more sustainable, particularly for small, family operations. But even some who participate in the system concede that it is far from perfect, often producing unintended consequences and counterintuitive results.