That's coming straight from the horse's...
Posted on 11/30/2012 8:24:56 AM PST by TurboZamboni
In an effort to help farmers across Minnesota who are facing uncertainty because a new Farm Bill hasn't been passed by the House of Representatives, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) urged Senate leadership to include the bipartisan, Senate-passed Farm Bill in any deal brokered to address the nation's fiscal challenges.
"Minnesota's farmers, livestock producers, and rural entrepreneurs support one in five jobs in our state, and they need a new Farm Bill so they can plan for next year," said Sen. Franken. "The Senate has passed a comprehensive Farm Bill that will give our farmers the stability they need, but the House simply hasn't taken action. As we work to address our nation's fiscal challenges, it's critical to remember that our farmers need a new Farm Bill-that's why I urged Senate leadership to make passing this legislation a top priority."
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By all means cut the farm bill, there is to much methane gas in Congress anyway..it must be stopped....
What about oyster farming. Any word on that?
Agreed.
I always have a garden. Planted large addition to our orchard 2 years ago. Have blackberry bushes and strawberry plot.
We are in the planting seed business and have on farm grain storage and cleaning facility. I am always looking at something new to try in our dry climate. Have a couple on the plan for next spring.
We have not had chickens since I was a child. Threatened to add them last year, but wife nixed. We will have them this time. I like quail and they are scarce here now. The drought has really hurt the quail population. I am not sure that it is worth the effort for domesticated quail. Normally we have enough wild population on our land. Also deer, wild turkey and wild hogs.
I am not a prepper, but have some of the traits. We have a building at the farm set up to process meat. Walk-in box, commercial butchers band saw, meat slicer and Hobart sausage mill. Also a brick pit to smoke link sausage in. I know the ropes about that.
But your suggestions are warranted. The alarm bells are going off all over the place with the re-election of Obozo. The Middle East will soon be in total chaos. They know the US is not a threat with Obozo at the helm.
God protect Israel, the US and Texas.
God Bless your family and mine.
Think we shall see what we are really made of soon.
Indeed deal = Debt
I mentioned the quail because the “gardening show” (survivalpodcast.com) that I listen to has an interview coming up in January regarding quail.
The upshot is that they require very little space and inputs and have a very high meat production output for the amount of feed given to them.
Definitely do the chickens - I look at the amount of compost / wasted food our family generates and see “chicken food”. Eggs from garbage? Great trade.
Sorry Bub, but fiscal cliff means fiscal cliff.
Enjoy...
IB4TBP! (In Before The Baby Picture!)
I've finally faced that fact. So now we wait for the inevitable.
Judging by the record sales of guns and ammo, there are a lot of people waiting for it.
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