UAfitter: The crop insurance program and the ethanol program both are ways the federal government is keeping production in high gear. If the market reacted to a farm commodity surplus like it would in any other business then there would not be record crops produced. Therefore the crop would get smaller and the price would raise.
Without the income insurance then the cash rents would be lower and the capital would limit how big most farmers would get.
The ethanol program is an artificial way for corn to be used in a process that is crazy to me. Corn based ethanol is not a good use of a food product to me. The current ethanol program has helped create a large crop of corn that could be worth very little this fall. Many farmers thought that ethanol was a giant user of corn. They thought that it was what added several dollars a bushel to the corn price. When in reality a back to back crop failure in Russia and Australia created a world wide protein shortage.
I want the government to get the heck out of agriculture. Close the Farm services offices and get out of the crop insurance business. This would help the average farmer more than anything else. There would not be 5000/10000/150000 acre farmers if the banks could not have the crop insurance to back up the operating loans. With ZERO government PAYMENTS then there would be fewer pure grain farms.
As for worker safety. If I made everything we do on the farm OSHA approved we would go broke in a short time. Half of the average stuff could not be done in a timely manner. Emptying a grain bin as an example. You can not have a HIRED man inside the bin IF the unload auger is running. Have you ever had a sweep auger that would work by itself??? Every single one we have you have to push them along the floor to move the grain to the center. I have mutable floor doors so you do not have to be in a bin until it is just about clear empty to install the sweep auger. Most deaths occur when there is grain that is out of condition being handled.
As for kids around the farm. I do not want them hurt. I also want them to learn how to work and do things on the farm. You can not wait until a kid is 18 and have them learn about farming.
So I do not have all the answers but I know that involving government bureaucrats will never make anything better.
P.S. I do know if Des Moines is successful in their lawsuit, I will not do business with companies in that city. Every single farmer in the state should refuse to deal with anyone or thing that involves Des Moines. Boycott the entire city.
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