Say Anything Blog

The whistle that is being blown is the brunch whistle.

Yeah there was ham an there was turkey, there was caviar

An long tall glasses, with wine up to yar

Hand me down my tuxedo, next week Im comin back for more

Having sold farmland last year, I contest the idea that crops are sold for “big profits,” even when subsidies are accounted for.  I would do far better to sell the land (which I have, if the buyer doesn’t default on the loan) and put the money into a decent mutual fund.

But the blame for that lies mostly with government, which keeps poor growers in the game, pushing down prices for those who actually know how to raise a crop.

I live in IL and watch farmers who get 200 bushel corn and a check from the government for flooding.

It’s a terrible situation.

I know some people in Dickey Co ND who virtually live off the government.

These people need to come to account and it can’t come fast enough.

Sorry you had to sell land.

Agriculture needs a serious overhaul

[b]Old Tigers are more dangerous when they believe this could be their last hunt.

From , “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
Old tigers, sensing the end,
they’re at their most fierce. 
And they go down fighting.

Actually, I wanted to sell it.  Everybody thought that the out of state owners would be easy prey for being cheated. 

And yes, the raw numbers look huge.  When it comes down to profits, though, you’ll see there’s a reason that your house is likely a lot nicer than the average, or even a much nicer than average, farmhouse.  It’s revenues vs. profits.  You can have a lot of one without any of the other.

Real farmers farming for real means prosperity for all.

Real farmers are for means of prosperity for all but just like any business you have your crooks that learn how to work the system and that needs to be stopped.
Gene, you need to realize that not all farmers milk the gov’t for all it can get and there are many farmers that don’t rely on the gov’t at all.