Posted by oldtanker on November 08, 2012 at 07:24:02 from (66.228.255.239):
In Reply to: Farm subsidies posted by Fritz Maurer on November 07, 2012 at 16:58:42:
The subsidies IMO are a joke. Farmers claim they are a business. Well act like it. Sink or swim on your own. If I make buggy whips and someone invents a car, then someone else figures out how to make them where most people can afford them and I continue to make buggy whips, I go broke and the government sure isn't going to jump in a subsidize buggy whips. If wheat is through the roof this year you know every farmer and his brother is going to plant as much wheat as possible next year. So next year there is too much wheat because farmers over produced hoping to cash in on the high prices. I've seen it happen with different crops. My BIL almost put himself out of farming over that kind of deal with corn in the 90's. What saved him is the fact that he isn't just grain. Look at it right now. Guys are dumping pigs cause corn is "to valuable" to feed to an animal with a low return. So whats going to happen with that?
Another joke about some farmers is the claim that they are the stewards of the land. Many are ripping out tree rows cause they are in the way for auto steer and that's a few extra acers they can plant. Those same tree rows that were planed to protect the soil. Heck the governement uses subsidies to get farmers to take care of the land. So the governement has become the stewards while some farmers really don't care as long as they make money and they don't care where the money comes from. Heck of a lot of the problem here is marketing. Farmer goes to buy a tractor the dealer tells him home much it's going to cost. Buys seed or feed and it's the same thing. Goes to sell and he says "how much are you going to pay me for it?". Kinda funny how farmers can and will help each other sometimes until it comes to selling. Stops dead right there.
Call me all the names you want to. That's just how I see things.
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