LIBERTY REPORT: Why Government Should Get Out of America's Farms

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By Brand Paul

Dear Fellow Patriots and Defenders of Liberty,

While Washington bureaucrats and central planners want you to believe that America's agricultural dominance stems from their "wise stewardship" and ever-expanding subsidies, the truth is far different. Our agricultural success story is primarily one of free enterprise, property rights, and the American spirit of innovation – despite government interference, not because of it.

Let me be perfectly clear: America leads the world in agricultural productivity because of our natural advantages and the ingenuity of our farmers, not because of Washington's meddling.

The Truth About American Agricultural Success

The United States has been blessed with vast expanses of fertile land across our heartland. While Canada battles short growing seasons, Mexico contends with arid conditions, and Japan squeezes farms onto just 12% of its mountainous terrain, American farmers enjoy a natural competitive advantage that no government program created.

When it comes to scale and mechanization, American farmers have pursued efficiency through voluntary market forces. Our farms have naturally consolidated into operations that maximize production through economies of scale – a process that should be celebrated, not regulated. Meanwhile, Japan's government actively prevents farm consolidation through misguided protectionist policies that keep farms inefficiently small.

The Subsidy Trap

Washington politicians want you to believe that their $42.4 billion in farm subsidies for 2025 are essential to our agricultural success. Don't be fooled. These handouts distort markets, create dependency, and reward political connections over innovation.

Compare this approach to Mexico, where smallholder farms struggle not because of insufficient government aid, but because property rights are less secure and regulatory barriers prevent access to capital markets. The lesson is clear: freedom and property rights create prosperity, not government handouts.

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The Coming Regulatory Assault

Even as American farmers lead the world, the administrative state is waging war against agricultural freedom:

• The EPA continues expanding its unconstitutional authority over private farmland through ever-broadening interpretations of the Clean Water Act

• Unelected bureaucrats are imposing costly climate regulations that will devastate family farms

• Foreign ownership restrictions are preventing willing buyers and sellers from engaging in voluntary exchanges

Each of these represents a fundamental violation of property rights and free market principles that our Constitution was designed to protect.

A Better Path Forward

Instead of expanding subsidies and regulations, we should:

• Phase out market-distorting agricultural subsidies that benefit large corporate farms at the expense of taxpayers and small producers

• Eliminate the death tax that forces family farms to be sold rather than passed to the next generation

• Reduce regulatory barriers that prevent innovation in biotechnology and precision farming

• Respect the Tenth Amendment by getting federal agencies out of local land use decisions

• Allow farmers to freely access global markets without tariffs and trade restrictions

The prosperity of American agriculture doesn't come from Washington—it comes despite Washington. Our farmers succeed because of their freedom to innovate, their right to own property, and their ability to pass the fruits of their labor to the next generation.

If you believe in these principles of agricultural liberty, I invite you to join me by subscribing to my newsletter at canamericanews.com, where we defend these constitutional freedoms against government overreach.

For Liberty,

Brand Paul