Such a cringeworthy statement of how the iron heel of corporate corruption has throttled and undermined agricultural practices. Indentured servants are serfs and slaves which are intended to keep people spinning around in the hamster wheel cages they’ve created. Unless and until people resist, demanding a new version of this business model, they’re doomed to be satisfied wearing the red and green hats of their oppressors.
Nobody should be fooled. The cost of farming is something the average person is ignorant about. The country’s ag policies must be on the table for reform, along with the other underpinnings of our democracy. I’d like to see real farmers have input, not just the lobbyists. Keep going, although it’s pretty bad out there.
Yep, who grew rich on the massive increase in productivity since the 1960's, it was the chemical and fertiliser billionaires. Not the farmer, or the soil.
What do you make of the idea that we are over-producing commodities and that the government should instead pay farmers for taking cropland out of production? Hopefully for conservation.
Another excellent take on the corruption in a solidly consolidated industry that keeps, as Gordie states “people spinning around in the hamster wheel cages they’ve created.”
Thank you for this, Adam. I’ve been trying to understand how this bill would actually impact farmers. I figured it was mostly smoke but this helped cut through the smoke and clarify what’s underneath.
Hang in there is all I can say. I’ve been hanging in there almost 50 crop’s and always until just recently off farm jobs. We raised up 4 boys got them through college, and they all have their own families and are well. Not saying it was easy or hard, we just did it. Hang in there. 🙏
Thank you for spelling out the details simply for all of us trying to figure out what end is up when it comes to our food supply and those who make it happen.
Yep! It was a bank bailout, not a farmer bailout as I mentioned in my post this week. What a friggin' fraud.
Such a cringeworthy statement of how the iron heel of corporate corruption has throttled and undermined agricultural practices. Indentured servants are serfs and slaves which are intended to keep people spinning around in the hamster wheel cages they’ve created. Unless and until people resist, demanding a new version of this business model, they’re doomed to be satisfied wearing the red and green hats of their oppressors.
Nobody should be fooled. The cost of farming is something the average person is ignorant about. The country’s ag policies must be on the table for reform, along with the other underpinnings of our democracy. I’d like to see real farmers have input, not just the lobbyists. Keep going, although it’s pretty bad out there.
Thank you, Rosemary. Pretty bad, indeed. But all a guy can do is keep going. Always appreciate your support.
Those lines about outrage and the scroll are painfully accurate.
Yep, who grew rich on the massive increase in productivity since the 1960's, it was the chemical and fertiliser billionaires. Not the farmer, or the soil.
Hit the nail on the head with this one.
What do you make of the idea that we are over-producing commodities and that the government should instead pay farmers for taking cropland out of production? Hopefully for conservation.
Another excellent take on the corruption in a solidly consolidated industry that keeps, as Gordie states “people spinning around in the hamster wheel cages they’ve created.”
Angry, frustrated, disgusted…..,the list goes on.
Somebody get this guy a book deal
Thank you for this, Adam. I’ve been trying to understand how this bill would actually impact farmers. I figured it was mostly smoke but this helped cut through the smoke and clarify what’s underneath.
Hang in there is all I can say. I’ve been hanging in there almost 50 crop’s and always until just recently off farm jobs. We raised up 4 boys got them through college, and they all have their own families and are well. Not saying it was easy or hard, we just did it. Hang in there. 🙏
Naive honest question-why do you have to buy seed? Can’t you use some of what you grew last year?
Thank you for spelling out the details simply for all of us trying to figure out what end is up when it comes to our food supply and those who make it happen.