Not rearing pigs business

[Hagar]

This is a genuine letter to the Rt. Hon. David Miliband M.P., Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in London. It's been circulating on the Internet for a couple of years but I've not seen it before.

[size=12][font=Comic Sans MS]Dear Secretary of State,

My friend, who is in farming at the moment, recently received a cheque for

[ApplePie]

Hilarious! But I've never understood why governments pay farmers NOT to raise crops or livestock. :-?

[TacitBlue]

Over here (USA) I believe in some instances people are payed not to plant crops in the interest of restoring natural grassland. I'm not 100% certain because I don't own any land, which by the logic I see here should mean I will be seeing a check in the mail any day now.

[specter177]

In the US, we pay farmers not to grow stuff so as to keep the prices from falling.