Identifying Normative Statements: Agricultural Price Supports Debate

A. Price supports are important because America should preserve small family farms.

A normative statement expresses an opinion or value judgment, rather than making a factual claim. In this case, the statement that price supports are important because America should preserve small family farms is expressing a value judgment about the importance of preserving a specific type of farm. It is not a statement of fact that can be proven or disproven.