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Maj Kim Patterson
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel sad but true. All you have to do is drive to see what’s left of generations of family farming. And a pile of bills.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Edited 5 y ago
I don't know the specifics, but it seems the large farms are getting the most help from the federal government for the loss of revenue and profits. The head of the Department of Agriculture had the temerity to say this is a whine cellar when he was talking to farmers. This did not bode well with the farmers.
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Sgt Jim Belanus
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get big or get out is a true statement. The gov. like large operations because it's less people to deal with and a lot of large operations are forward contracted to processors be meat or grain. Hogs are marketed the day they are born, the auction system has just about dried up. Small milk producers are gone. In years back many farms had 15 or 20 milk cow. I see one producer in Minn wants to go from 1700 to 4000 milk cows. Lot to take care of in 1 place
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