The archaic 2007 Farm Bill provides money to wealthy corporate farms while neglecting family farms in the United States, making it impossible for developing countries with agriculturally based economies to compete. The bill, originally envisioned in 1933 to aid struggling farmers, continues to allot federal money to farms that produce corn, soybeans, rice and wheat.

However, the bill currently distributes 75 percent of the money to only 10 percent of farms, most of which are wealthy corporations rather than small families for whom the bill was written. Additionally, the subsidies violate international trade agreements such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which stipulates that subsidies interfere with the free market. Central American countries are unable to compete with the artificially low prices for agricultural goods produced by the United States.