by hskrsolara » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:01 pm
All you guys that think you know so much about farm subsidies are crazy and have probably never set foot on a production ag. farm. You're just regurgitating all that info that your high-rise city living economics professors are shooting at you. I love how people that know nothing about the industry of production ag can claim to be so knowledgable of how we market our crops.
Guess who pays most of your property taxes, school bonds, etc...Property owners...Who are the property owners...big business and Farmers! There are a lot of new schools nowadays that have relied on the tax dollars of America's farmers and rural land owners for construction, did you ever think of this?
It costs roughly $2.50/bu to produce corn today...what are current cash prices...$1.80! Corn will always be grown. Ethanol production is another market that farmers have to sell their corn, why not promote the hell out of it? Plus, it will eventually decrease the dependence of foreign oil...it just takes time.
I really got a chuckle out of the guy that posted...
"If e85 catches on then that surplus corn would be fed into the ethanol market and diverted from hungry countries that actually use the stuff to feed people."
You think they are paying $2.50/bu for our corn? No, they are not. Although it is not huge, corn growers get a small premium for delivering to ethanol plants, which barely covers the increase in diesel prices anyways. Why should we feel sorry for them and be willing to sell our product for a loss? No, we will take any means necessary to obtain a better price...we are always going to get the most $ possible.
With existing and planned ethanol production plants in the midwest (mainly NE, IA), we are expecting to see a corn deficit within 5 years. This is tremendous news for farmers as prices should in turn rise up again and farmers will be edging closer to proper compensation for their commodities.
We would rather not export a single bushel, most is done so just for market expansion and the demand of corn worldwide. There is plenty of rice and wheat grown across the globe, and enough uses for it, to support "starving" third world countries. Keep as much corn inside the borders as possible and make it profitable for the people producing it.
and on a conservation sidenote...
Your farmers that are paid to "not produce" corn are participating in soil conservation programs meant to retain the integrity of the soil by taking it out of commercial crop production and allowing native vegetative growth to occur. Conservation is a huge concern for farmers as we need to sustain soil quality for our purposes and for the future. Do not confuse economics with soil conservation for land taken out of crop production.
Sorry for the rant guys, just a little tired and frustrated from the weekend.
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hskrsolara on Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:05 am, edited 1 time in total.
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