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"And those brokers on the Board of Trade floor are just a bunch of leeches. The government should take all their money and give it to the farmers."

I never said that! Believe me, I would like nothing more than to NOT have to deal with the government when it comes to my farming practices. But I get really annoyed when I see all these posts about how 'Rich' the farmers are getting at the expense of the taxpayers. The vast majority of us are not 'rich' by any means. We work hard for a living and just want to be able to make a profit at what we love to do. It is hard work for little return. I apparently am a little less tolerant than normal on this subject. I have spent most of the last two weeks trying to line up the financing for next years operations. I wish I was as rich as everyone claims. But honestly, I think the farmers get a lot more of the spite and hatred from people than most of them deserve. I know farmers who are like the ones talked about in the articles. They split into 3 or 4 corporations to max on payments and then outbid smaller farmers for rent of farm ground. Most of the farmers I know are not like that and it really annoys me when people say nasty things about what we do.

But I get really annoyed when I see all these posts about how 'Rich' the farmers are getting at the expense of the taxpayers. The vast majority of us are not 'rich' by any means.

I get annoyed when people blame the CBOT for low crop prices. Please. The brokers are conspiring to keep prices low? Get a supply & demand clue.

I never said the vast majority of farmers are getting rich at the expense of taxpayers, but some are.

We work hard for a living and just want to be able to make a profit at what we love to do. It is hard work for little return.

Well, gains in efficiency and productivity tend to increase production. Increased production tends to reduce prices. I guess we could turn the clock back to 1900 when 40% of the workforce was in agriculture. That might raise your prices and profits.