A soup kitchen worker offers bread to a man in need. (Wikimedia Commons)

The new Farm Bill will sustain generous federal subsidies for U.S. agriculture, such as boosts in crop insurance, higher subsidies for farmers.

However, while farmers continue to enjoy government benefits through the Farm Bill, low-income demographics relying on food banks, food stamps, and welfare programs to survive will not be as fortunate.

This year, the Farm Bill is proposing an 8.6 billion dollar cut over the next 5 years to a major food welfare program called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), a major source of food for hunger-relief and food stamp programs that feeds over 47 million Americans.

The new bill may trim 90$ a month from food stamps for 850,000 recipients of food stamp programs.

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"The effect of this cut would be concentrated in 15 states and the District of Columbia and would equate to about 34 lost meals per months for impacted households, and a total of 3.2 billion lost meals over 10 years," said Bob Aiken, the CEO of Feeding America, a domestic food charity organization.

The proposed cuts come after an $11 cut from food stamp checks in late 2013, which have already reportedly caused larger crowds at food pantries across the nation.

"Congress should be strengthening and protecting anti-hunger programs like the Supplemental SNAP, not cutting benefits, especially at a time of high need," said Aiken. "SNAP is an investment in our collective future, helping those who have fallen on hard times put food on the table and get back on their feet."

Although the 8.6 billion dollar cut to the SNAP program is double what supporting Democrats had suggested in 2013, it is significantly less than the 39 billion dollars Republicans suggested should be cut from the program.

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