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Re: Re: Re: Another look at it all - farmers don't take it wrong
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Posted by Steve W on November 08, 2001 at 12:10:12 from (66.66.80.36):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Another look at it all - farmers don't take it wrong posted by paul on November 08, 2001 at 10:12:48:
Paul....glad to see that someone read that big long post....lol. You wrote:But it does kinda suck when it's the big farms that caused the problem mostly>> I am not sure I agree. It's not a size thing, it's a process thing. I think a lot of farmers just sit back and wait for change to happen, and deny it's "us" causing the problems, instead of working on a solution. I remember here in upstate NY seeing our field runoff in a heavy rain....it didn't happen very oftern, but when it does, the plume of manure rich water is carried down a series of streams and rivers, and has caused serious enviromental damage. Because I am a fly fisherman, I notice. And so does that industry, who is lobbying for change. Their solution is that $80,000 system. Have you or your industry proposed anything different? You wrote: Meanwhile, our agriculture will shift to 3rd world countries, where virgin lands will be ripped up & used to produce cheap food.>> Mom used to say "Two wrongs don't make a right. set an example" There was wisdom in those words. You wrote: I see no gain to anyone from it all.>> Yes you do, you just don't want any loss. That's understandable. You wrote: If we don't farm the land, the same plant growth dies each year on the land, and decays - same thing?>> Not quite. Study up on the enviromental hazards of manure....it's real. You wrote: I guess it's time to pay the piper and have the public not understand farming at all, and mess us up a bit. >>>> I think that's the kind of approach that is getting farmers in trouble. They all stand out and praise the government when there are subsidies, but they all belong to an organization like the American Farm Bureau, that sold the small farmers out years ago. It's the "there is nothing I can do", "it's us against them" mentallity that will doom the American Farmer. Paul....this was not meant to be an attack, more like a pep talk. I hope you take it that way. Take care Steve --->Paul
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