Some budget cutting is stupid

The Department of Agriculture is saving $11,000,000 a year by eliminating or cutting the frequency of some of its reports, a few of which have been produced for 150 years. Most of the reports are censuses of agricultural data, like the number of sheep in this country. While you or I probably don't have a deep interest in this data, some farmers do, as it is information for them, important information. At a time when we have no qualms about sending $147,000,000 to Brazilian cotton farmers, it would seem a worthwhile use of $11,000,000 to supply American farmers with information that is important to the survival.