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Originally posted by R Wilco
..Who's really the villain, big oil or the corn farmers?
Gary
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I know many from big oil and corn and bean farmers. I can say with out a wink that big oil are the villains. All the farmers I knew and know (from farms with 500 acres to 10,000 acres) are not living that high on the hog so to speak. They work everyday and subside on a paycheck maybe twice a year. They are tighter with their bankers than you could imagine. Some days are spent cultivating, planting, spraying or combining fields. Not that glamorus in fact it is down right boring, real boring. To make matters worse they have to suffer a short window of opportunity to get certain chores done or their yield suffers. Add that on top of know which fertilizer, seed, drill depth / spacing, pest control, weed control and when to do it all only adds to the stress of running leased or owned equipment which costs more than many of our homes which they are also responcible for maintaining. God forbid that a drought occurs or hail - oh ya, crop insurrance should cover it (if you can afford it).
What the heck, these tractors all run on love right? Nope, try diesel. You know that stuff that is now more expensive than gas. Add all that into a flux market built on futures and speculation.
Farmers the villains? Surprising that you would feel this way coming from Iowa Gary?