[mmyers]

Then tell me city folks, in 1975 corn sold for 225 a bushel
and in 2006 it sold for 1.60 a bushel.

A 100hp tractor cost 10,000 in 1975 and in 2006 it cost 150,000

sing me a tune ladies

[Strategerist]

The main way civilization advances is putting farmers out of business.

When 99% of the population farmed they couldn’t do a whole lot else, and the advancement of civilization, art, industry around the world, and the economic development of this country were predicated on farmers becoming more efficient and fewer and fewer farmers producing more product.

Why aren’t we subsidizing memory chip makers because 1 GB of memory sells for some microscopic fraction today compared to what it sold for in 1985?

I’m still waiting for the “you’ll all starve to death if subsidies are eliminated” line.

[org.whodat]

A hundred horse power tractor with a front end loader and a heated and air condition cab cost about $45,000.00 today, A four hundred horse power tractor, four wheel drive with duallys in the rear would cost about $150,000.00.

Price of corn 1976 was $2.76 price of corn 2006 was 3.75. http://www.inflationdata.com/inflation/Articles/Corn_Inflation.asp

I live on a farm, do you?