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What percentage of the agriculture budget goes to farm operators and farmland investors?

• 80% of the 2014 farm bill outlays go for nutritional programs
• SNAP Program totals to $78.3 billion of USDA budget in 2012
• The supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) accouinted for 72% of USDA's domestic food assistance in FY 2010 and some 68% of the total USDA farm program budget
• Nearly 2/3 of USDA budget spent on food assistance programs

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