And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's a whole lot to keep operating like it's supposed to. I admire the man that has the energy and is willing to spend the money to do so. Especially when the government is doing everything it can to make it harder than it should be for a gypo farmer and rancher to be able to operate like he needs to to be profitable.
"Round Up"ready GMO seed with herbicide , check. Gang chisel plow, with chemical fertilizer, check. GPS satellite tracking planting at the optimum time, check. This is not farming, this is industrial agriculture that only a few corporations can afford. Family small farms are a thing of the past. Long live industrial no nutritional value food. Bring on the "soylent green".
In Australia this type of set up is normal , even on family farms. Do you think real farmers should be walking behind a horse or broadcasting seed by hand ?
I am a 5th generation farmer who has similar equipment and still works with my father and my sons and daughters. Maybe you should talk with real farmers who actually feed the world instead of imagining how quaint it would be to live off of the land.
God bless you and your family, Anon. And thank you for feeding America and the world since... well, since forever. And regarding 'talking with real farmers', isn't it interesting how the people who want to destroy your industry don't have the least bit of interest in finding out what it actually takes to do what you do?
Signed, Retired logger and multi-generational beef cattle rancher Elmo.
That's a whole lot to keep operating like it's supposed to. I admire the man that has the energy and is willing to spend the money to do so. Especially when the government is doing everything it can to make it harder than it should be for a gypo farmer and rancher to be able to operate like he needs to to be profitable.
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ReplyDeleteWatch "Corn Wars" on RFDTV if you think this is impressive.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of "corn wars", here's a tale of China stealing our technology way back in 2012:
https://newrepublic.com/article/122441/corn-wars
And they let them go. Hanging on the spot would stop that but that's what our government has allowed and will continue to do so.
Delete"Round Up"ready GMO seed with herbicide , check. Gang chisel plow, with chemical fertilizer, check. GPS satellite tracking planting at the optimum time, check. This is not farming, this is industrial agriculture that only a few corporations can afford. Family small farms are a thing of the past. Long live industrial no nutritional value food. Bring on the "soylent green".
ReplyDeleteIn Australia this type of set up is normal , even on family farms. Do you think real farmers should be walking behind a horse or broadcasting seed by hand ?
DeleteI am a 5th generation farmer who has similar equipment and still works with my father and my sons and daughters. Maybe you should talk with real farmers who actually feed the world instead of imagining how quaint it would be to live off of the land.
DeleteGod bless you and your family, Anon. And thank you for feeding America and the world since... well, since forever.
DeleteAnd regarding 'talking with real farmers', isn't it interesting how the people who want to destroy your industry don't have the least bit of interest in finding out what it actually takes to do what you do?
Signed,
Retired logger and multi-generational beef cattle rancher Elmo.
Corporate farm.
ReplyDeleteJohn Deere's DB120 is 120 foot wide, 48 row planter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, but not until the onboard coffee maker starts brewing quality coffee. So far, I'm not impressed.
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