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Bloomberg and farmers...are farmers government leeches?
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:06 pm
So Bloomberg slights farmers.
Why shouldn't he?
Farmers take massive government handouts.
There are barely any salt of the earth family farms.
Farmers in America are massive globalists and multinational corporations.
So if we defend farmers do we defend government welfare for them?
Why shouldn't he?
Farmers take massive government handouts.
There are barely any salt of the earth family farms.
Farmers in America are massive globalists and multinational corporations.
So if we defend farmers do we defend government welfare for them?
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Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:07 pm to mahdragonz
Can you cite any of this information?
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:08 pm to mahdragonz
quote:Link?
There are barely any salt of the earth family farms.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:11 pm to jimbeam
LINK
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Agriculture is one of the most concentrated sectors of the US economy. As tens of thousands of independent family farmers have gone out of business in the last few decades, their land and operations have been bought up by ever-larger farms. Today there are 70 percent fewer hog farmers than in the mid-1990s, while just four companies control two-thirds of hog slaughter. Nearly 17,000 cattle ranchers have gone out of business each year since 1980; 85 percent of the beef market is now controlled by the top four meatpackers. Trends are similar across agriculture: the top four companies in each industry control 85 percent of the corn seed market, 90 percent of grain trading, and 63 percent of food retail.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:12 pm to mahdragonz
There are still family farmers out here. You are aware the SNAP budget comes from the USDA, correct??
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:13 pm to mahdragonz
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Trends are similar across agriculture: the top four companies in each industry control 85 percent of the corn seed market, 90 percent of grain trading, and 63 percent of food retail.
That says jack shite about who owns the actual farms that provide the grain
Idiot.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:15 pm to mahdragonz
When progs try too hard...
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:17 pm to mahdragonz
Every time I go into a grocery store it is full of food.
Every. Single. Time.
Pick another hill.
Every. Single. Time.
Pick another hill.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:19 pm to mahdragonz
quote:
are farmers government leeches?
They aren't leeches in the traditional sense, but yeah.
quote:
There are barely any salt of the earth family farms.
Yes there are.
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Farmers in America are massive globalists and multinational corporations.
Funny/sad/true. They make a ton of money from overseas market.
Everyone wants to spew the "American farmers feed the world!" line and for the most part, that's true. We produce a TON. That being said, they are subsidized with price flooring, lax insurance, and (more recently) tariffs.
They're still producing something but farmers don't have it near as tough as they'd like you to believe.
This post was edited on 2/17/20 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:22 pm to Worx
quote:My county has hundreds of family farms and ranches. I am not aware of even one “corporate” farm or ranch.
There are still family farmers out here. You are aware the SNAP budget comes from the USDA, correct??
Granted, some of the family operations have gotten smaller and some have gotten larger. My family ranches about 3x the acreage that my great-grandfather ranched, while many smaller operations are now part-time and run only a few head.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:25 pm to AggieHank86
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My county has hundreds of family farms and ranches. I am not aware of even one “corporate” farm or ranch.
Granted, some of the family operations have gotten smaller and some have gotten larger.
Yup. You generally see farming "groups" come in. In the statistical sense but it's really just a group of the 'salt of the earth' guys coming together and pooling resources.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:26 pm to mahdragonz
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Farmers take massive government handouts.
That’s just way too much detail and data for me to absorb.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:29 pm to Srbtiger06
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They're still producing something but farmers don't have it near as tough as they'd like you to believe
Not as tough as you think? Lol. Come try doing it and living in a farming family. Dumbass.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:30 pm to tiger91
Would you be willing to tell us what would happen if illegal farm labor disappeared?
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:32 pm to mahdragonz
quote:...
Green Acres is the place to be.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:33 pm to mahdragonz
So you are all good bashing farmers for being subsidized, but we can't ask welfare queens to get an ID card?
Yeah, GFY
Yeah, GFY
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:35 pm to texashorn
Can’t tell you. My husband is a third generation farmer (has a BS and an MS) and makes an honest living. We’re not rich and we drive older vehicles. We put kids through college and the bills are paid.
He has two employees — American, hard working men.
He has two employees — American, hard working men.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:35 pm to texashorn
Nothing would happen where I live cause there are no illegal farm workers
Are there loop holes that people take advantage of? Definitely but that’s the minority and farmers do a tone to stimulate the economy with their spending.
Are there loop holes that people take advantage of? Definitely but that’s the minority and farmers do a tone to stimulate the economy with their spending.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:36 pm to tiger91
Thank you.
Posted on 2/17/20 at 9:51 pm to tiger91
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Come try doing it and living in a farming family. Dumbass.
Deal with them quite a bit. It isn't easy work by any means but like I said, it isn't exactly slave labor.
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