Motown89 wrote:
This Question is confusing.
The term "farm-program payments" mentioned in the question refers to both "payment to group" and "payment to farmer" .
Government pays either to group or to farmer.
Now the logic is simple.
Small harvest resulted in high market prices. High market prices decreased the difference between market price and preset target price. So, Government paid less.
The group that is getting the payment is that of the farmers. Hence, "payment
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