As news spread of the COVID-19 relief package, many complained about the $600 stimulus checks and about wasteful or ill-directed spending in the larger omnibus measure. What too few have discussed, however, is the fact that taxpayers will once again foot the bill for corporate agriculture’s bad behavior.

An overview from the House Agriculture Committee shows payments will be made to “livestock and poultry growers for losses suffered due to depopulation,” and up to $1 billion will go “to livestock and poultry contract growers who had revenue losses due to contract changes.”