The "farm bill," is a multi-billion-dollar tangle of welfare payments, agriculture subsidies, and environmental patronage. While called the "farm bill," nearly 80% of the costs are for a program called SNAP, better known as food stamps. This program has grown dramatically in recent years. Most of the remaining provisions of the farm bill address agriculture policy and are a costly collection of farm subsidies, price controls, and tariffs that do more harm than good.