Ok. I am going to step in and open myself to ridicule, criticism and arguement. I am a farmer / rancher. I do take subsidies because as one poster stated it is a competitive market with our neighbors for survival. There has been a lot of wisdom and input by all sides posting. I don't care about getting rich. I care about the life that God allowed my family and passing it down to future generations. I am different from a earlier poster who gave a tremendous amount of good insight.........I do not wish to farm more land. Why would I want more to manage and worry about. It is no different than wanting more money. For some that thirst is never quenched. I also DO NOT need to drive the latest tractor John Deere offers.
My neighbors think that I am modern, progressive and a forward thinker. New equipment is not part of that.
So now the meat and potatos so to speak:
We as agriculture producers are stuck in a system that enslaves us to create wealth for the same few. We are slaves to John Deere, Monsanto / Bayer, Case IH, Agco, Simplot, Cargill, ADM, etc. Our job is to survive just enough to pass those subsidies on. They are not for the producer, they are for the input supplier. It is a very old shell game. They have no intention of letting us out of debt. Input financing is big buisness for big banks. No different than housing, auto loans, etc. We like the rest of you are controlled and used. You as a consumer and I as a producer are sinking in the same boat. WE ARE PAWNS!
We do not vote democrat and our votes are not bought by subsidies.
Some will say that crop insurance subsidies are a waste. Maybe so in some areas. For my area it is essential. This year and the extreme drought is a perfect example. I have never seen so much headless milo. Years like this those in my area could not financially survive because we still have to launder subsidies to the suppliers who have already stated chemicals next year will be 20 percent higher just because they can.
I dare say if inputs were not so damn high and subsidies were not laundered through the producer........successful farm sizes could be smaller and more posters here who have farm back ground in their families might be farming instead of working in town.
Remember........if I have a dollar in my pocket, I will spend it locally. If a politician has a dollar, it is probably going somewhere like Ukraine.
Stay viligant my friends.
Since this is the motivational picture thread, I posted some boobs.
My neighbors think that I am modern, progressive and a forward thinker. New equipment is not part of that.
So now the meat and potatos so to speak:
We as agriculture producers are stuck in a system that enslaves us to create wealth for the same few. We are slaves to John Deere, Monsanto / Bayer, Case IH, Agco, Simplot, Cargill, ADM, etc. Our job is to survive just enough to pass those subsidies on. They are not for the producer, they are for the input supplier. It is a very old shell game. They have no intention of letting us out of debt. Input financing is big buisness for big banks. No different than housing, auto loans, etc. We like the rest of you are controlled and used. You as a consumer and I as a producer are sinking in the same boat. WE ARE PAWNS!
We do not vote democrat and our votes are not bought by subsidies.
Some will say that crop insurance subsidies are a waste. Maybe so in some areas. For my area it is essential. This year and the extreme drought is a perfect example. I have never seen so much headless milo. Years like this those in my area could not financially survive because we still have to launder subsidies to the suppliers who have already stated chemicals next year will be 20 percent higher just because they can.
I dare say if inputs were not so damn high and subsidies were not laundered through the producer........successful farm sizes could be smaller and more posters here who have farm back ground in their families might be farming instead of working in town.
Remember........if I have a dollar in my pocket, I will spend it locally. If a politician has a dollar, it is probably going somewhere like Ukraine.
Stay viligant my friends.
Since this is the motivational picture thread, I posted some boobs.
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