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Question for the farmers on the OT
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:14 pm
Took a little road trip today. From Iuka, MS to Decatur, AL it’s straight corn along US 72. It’s about an 80 mile stretch and every available plot is 100% corn.
I know we as taxpayers basically subsidize corn to the point we are providing welfare to these farmers, which I’m perfectly fine with.
I have a hard time believing that corn was a main crop prior to the ethanol scam. Only so much corn is needed for livestock feed. When every trailer along the highway has 6+ grain bins co-located it seems as if something is off. What happened to cotton? Is the demand lessened so much that farmers turned to corn?
I know we as taxpayers basically subsidize corn to the point we are providing welfare to these farmers, which I’m perfectly fine with.
I have a hard time believing that corn was a main crop prior to the ethanol scam. Only so much corn is needed for livestock feed. When every trailer along the highway has 6+ grain bins co-located it seems as if something is off. What happened to cotton? Is the demand lessened so much that farmers turned to corn?
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Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:18 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
quote:hope you are consistent with your feelings on welfare
we are providing welfare to these farmers, which I’m perfectly fine with.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:18 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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farmers on the OT
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100% corn
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:19 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Corn has 1,000’s uses other than feed
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:20 pm to SuperSaint
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hope you are consistent with your feelings on welfare
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:21 pm to SuperSaint
quote:Farmers are mostly productive and useful.
we are providing welfare to these farmers, which I’m perfectly fine with.
hope you are consistent with your feelings on welfare
Try growing your own food and let me know how that works out.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:22 pm to bakersman
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Corn has 1,000’s uses other than feed
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:22 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I love corn. Corn dogs. Corn fritters. Creamed corn. Cornbread. Grilled corn. Corn salsa. Cornbread dressing. Corn nuts.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:22 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Only so much corn is needed for livestock feed.
Ar15 baws gotta shoot something and it ain’t cows
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:23 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
They were growing nothing but cotton in that exact region last year
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:27 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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What happened to cotton?
China and Egypt. Farmers plant small amounts of cotton, still, but nowhere like they did 20 years ago. It costs more to tend, harvest, and gin.
You will also see more soy beans and winter wheat in this area. It has been that way for a decade or more now. Maybe get out of Huntsville every now and then and check out some other areas.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:28 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Why is there a need for farmers growing corn?
I can buy it at walmart.
I can buy it at walmart.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
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You will also see more soy beans and winter wheat in this area. It has been that way for a decade or more now. Maybe get out of Huntsville every now and then and check out some other areas.
Are the winter wheat plots the ones that look like they are cut low right now and browned out with with I assume is glysophate?
My only farming knowledge is from Millennial Farmer on YouTube.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:30 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Farmers rotate crops and grow what’s in demand.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
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China and Egypt. Farmers plant small amounts of cotton, still, but nowhere like they did 20 years ago. It costs more to tend, harvest, and gin.
And as a result, gins have gone to shite. The old guys who ran them either died, retired, or moved on. Now, they are operated by larger corporations using unskilled (Latino) labor. It takes them 5 times as long to gin less than half the cotton they used to have.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:31 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
It’s an unpopular opinion but being able to feed your people, your country, without outside aid is a pretty big freaking deal, even if this means some amount of subsidies. Look at the pork crisis in China. Rule #1 of a country: don’t let your people starve.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:32 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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every trailer along the highway has 6+ grain bins co-located it seems as if something is off
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:32 pm to jimbeam
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It’s an unpopular opinion but being able to feed your people, your country, without outside aid is a pretty big freaking deal. Look at the pork crisis in China. Rule #1 of a country: don’t let your people starve
I got that but why so much corn? I mean frick Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, etc are entire states full of corn. How much corn do we need?
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
you sure drive a lot for a dude with a plane
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