An odd trend in wheat country: not much wheat

Associated Press ^ | Aug 28, 2017 1:26 AM EDT | David Pitt

[Olog-hai]

Many wheat farmers facing low prices have turned this year to other crops, including chickpeas and lentils, in hopes of turning a profit.

This year’s wheat crop of 45.7 million acres (18.49 million hectares) is the smallest since 1919 and it comes after a 2016 crop that was the least profitable in 30 years.

North Dakota, Montana and Nebraska are among the states with significantly fewer wheat acres. …

[Delta 21]

You forget that that a large government that subsidizes farmers not to farm is involved. Capitalism has been hobbled.

[Ace's Dad]

The kids I grew up with in the farm-country of Michigan told me that the smart farmers, who could, kept wheat off the market if the price was too low to be profitable. I wonder how much wheat has to be sold to make the various payments due to poor financial planning?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***When the gluten free fad fades***

My Sister-in-law remembers the early 1960s when added gluten was all the rage of the health nuts.

[BobL]

Lentils and Hummus - I would be embarrassed to grow those crops. Wheat and corn - now that is AMERICA!

[catnipman]

“What about women? I could use a little “help” in that area.”

actually, too much extra estrogen can be bad for females.

as far as sex drive goes, very tiny doses of testosterone for females can work wonders in that department. gotta be careful with that stuff though for the ladies, like 1/100 of what males need.