Opinion: The 2023 farm bill debate must be based on facts

When I began working as an accountant many years ago, I heard the expression that “figures don’t lie, but liars figure.”  

There’s a lot of truth in Mark Twain’s quip. Take, for example, the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) use of statistics when speaking about U.S. farm policy.  

Recently, I read EWG’s latest spin. Here’s my response.