Comments on: Ridiculous: “Disasters” Declared In 42 North Dakota Counties

By: The_Whistler_ofnd

The_Whistler_ofnd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Last year the guys that moved snow in North Dakota made out big time in
November. This year they need a bailout because the weather’s too nice.

By: sayanything-7715

sayanything-7715 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I grew up on a farm and I remember grumbling to my grandfather about mowing out road ditches for hay and getting flat tires. He said you always put up a year and a halfâ€™s worth of hay because you never know which winters are hard or if next year is a drought. His marketing plan did not work for everybody because he hated debt and farmed out of the check book. If prices were low he stored the grain and bought more bins. He and dad always knew weather or demand in a few years would send prices up for one reason or another. They didnâ€™t know we call that cyclical market action today.
Producers now carry much more debt due to the high expense of the larger equipment that has become a requirement because of lack of seasonal help. Farmers canâ€™t afford full time help year-round. There margins are tighter. What they need is a better farm market program, not another farm program that gets converted to supporting higher land rents the next year.

By: jimmypop

jimmypop — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

‘now we all line up’

no, we ALL dont. some of us pay.

By: Flatty

Flatty — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Do you live under a freakin’ rock? Are you unaware that both western and eastern ND suffered devastating floods this spring … followed by drought this summer. Harvest of soybeans in eastern ND just finished (two months behind schedule) because October was so wet farmers could not get into fields. Corn harvest is just getting underway (two months behind schedule) and while it should be a bumper crop, there are problems with mold, etc. Did you ever consider that the disaster aid affects more than farmers, but the Main Street businesses in every small town in the state. Next time I hope you won’t be so reckless to criticize this sort of thing. I’m not a farmer, but I’m a business owner in a small ND community which has been adversely affected by this year’s weather disasters … and quite frankly, if you were to walk into my office and state your opinion on this, I’d break my foot off in your keester.

By: jimmypop

jimmypop — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

they can get it all. well, i know they used to do it.

one family out west that a friend knew would buy insurance, plant and then do nothing. literally. they collected a ton every year. all legal. ethical? i am not so sure…..

By: sayanything-4204

sayanything-4204 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Robs right on this one……as a farmer, I’d love to see our Industry be the 1st to tell the Fed Govt to keep their money…….maybe it would start a “religon as big as Global Warming & H.Care

.but also get the heck out of our lives via EPA, Cap & Trade, Enviro’s, Jimma’ Carters Grain embargo……..

I’m afraid in N.Dak..weather risk is a big part of the business…and historically whatever a govt throws at an industry…all it does is drive up the cost of doing business via rents/land costs.

By: pete_fgo

pete_fgo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The next year will be cash-a-palloza. Hoven and HelmetHead will be attempting to out pandering each other. A pox on both their houses.

By: sayanything-18316

sayanything-18316 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

THis is a huge part of the problem! We want everyone ELSE to stop putting their hands out expecting “free” money, yet we jump on it ourselves. We uesed to be a proud people who took care of themselves, now we all line up at the trough and expect others to care for us.
Disgusting.

By: robport

robport — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I won’t bother to take your threat of physical violence seriously.

But I point out that “disasters” like this happen every single year. And when something happens annually its not a disaster any more.

It’s just…weather.

Given your overwrought reaction I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t profit a good deal from these “disasters.”

By: sayanything-7134

sayanything-7134 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It will be interesting in how all the conservative farmers/bloggers will answer this. I know farmers can opt for hail insurance, how about wind, rain, drought etc.?