jerry
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Do you have the web address for that siteIJ I would like to take a look at it.
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The site is www.ewg.org
dfg
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Sir, STICK TO THE GOV'T PROGRAMS AND FARM THEM HARD. YOU ARE VERY lUCKY TO HAVE THE lDP'S ETC. I FARM IN SASKATCHEWAN, AND I AM GOING BROKE. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON US AND THEY SET UP CRAZY AD HOC PROGRAMS THAT THE ONlY PEOPlE WHO QUAlIFY ARE 66-80 YEAR OlD RETIRED FARMERS WHO ARE SHARE CROPPING AND AlREADY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY. PlUS WE lIVE IN A VIllAGE WHERE THE PEOPlE COUlD CARE lESS ABOUT FARMING OR AGRICUlTURE AND EVEN THOUGH THEIR PRIMARY INCOME RElIES DIRECTlY ON FARMING THEY VIEW US AS WHINIG USElESS lAZY BURDENS ON SOCIETY I AM lITERAllY SITTING HERE lIVING THE SlOW PAINFUl DEATH THAT I SHOUlD IMAGINE WIll BE MY FARMS DEMISE. I RENT MY DADS FARM AND NEIGHBORS FARMS 1600 ACRES IN TOTAl. THIS IS THE HIGHEST ASSEST lAND IN 2 MUNICIPAlITIES. TRADITIONAllY WE GROW WHEAT BARlEY CANOlA PEAS OATS AND SEll ON THE WORlD MARKET. I AM A GOOD FARMER AND I GROW SlIGHTlY ABOVE AVERAGE YIElDS AND USUAllY TOP QUAlITY GRAIN FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. I AM STIll USING MY DADS EQUIPMENT, NEWEST PIECE IS THE 1987 CASE IH 1660 COMBINE. I HAVE A DIPlOMA IN AGRICUlTURE. I DO NOT WANT TO START A BIG DEBATE ABOUT GOVT SUBSIDIES ETC. IT IS IRRElEVANT AND USElESS. MY ONlY ADVICE IS USE THE PROGRAMS THE BEST YOU CAN TO BE THE MOST PROFITABlE. DO NOT GET PAID FOR THE BUSHElS YOU PRODUCE BECAUSE THAT IS FUTIlE. WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR AND IT IS NOT THE ANSWER. FARM THE PROGRAMS AND IF YOUR GOVT WANTS TO PAY FOR IT, TAKE THE FlIPPING MONEY BECAUSE IN THE END NOBODY GIVES A F@nK. A MECHANIC IN IOWA OR STOCK BROKER IN NEW YORK COUlD CARE lESS ABOUT WHERE EGGS, STEAKS, OR BREAD COMES FROM. All THEY KNOW IS THAT ITS AT THE STORE. IT MAY HAVE COME FROM CHINA FOR CHEAPER THAN YOU CAN PRODUCE IT, BUT THE GENERAl PUBlIC DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THAT. SO JUST TAKE THE GOVT PROGRAM MONEY AND ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO FARM AND ACTUAllY MAKE ENDS MEET ENOUGH TO STAY OUT THERE. I APOlOGIZE FOR MY DOOM AND GlOOM BUT THREE YEARS OF SEllING GRAIN FOR 20% BElOW COST OF PRODUCTION HAS MADE ME INCREDIBllY CYNICAl. I INTEND TO SEED NEXT SPRING BUT THAT IS JUST FOOlISH PRIDE KEEPING ME HERE.