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To: Caipirabob

We won’t ban you. We’ll admire your punsmanship.

I’m not a farmer but waiting until December to harvest corn seems quite risky in the midwest. Hope they weren’t counting on the global warming lies to protect their crops.


13 posted on 01/11/2010 8:58:22 AM PST by Faith (Natural born citizen and willing to prove it.)
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To: Faith

Alot of fields were to wet to harvest, at least that I was told when we were in Nebraska last fall.


19 posted on 01/11/2010 9:36:23 AM PST by katykelly
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To: Faith

waiting until December to harvest corn seems quite risky in the midwest.......

Here in Northern Wisconsin we had a dry summer but a very wet fall, even into October/November. Harvesting was next to impossible. They allowed tractors to be on the roads til mid December, but then the snow fell. and fell and fell. So much for global warming.


21 posted on 01/11/2010 10:05:05 AM PST by mouse1
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To: Faith
"I’m not a farmer but waiting until December to harvest corn seems quite risky in the midwest."

Rain delayed the harvest. Farmers never leave crops in the field for no good reason, no more than you open your back door and toss cash into the wind. When rain prevents timely harvest in the midwest, farmers will wait until the ground freezes and the equipment can then run, but snow accumulation will prevent even that alternative.

23 posted on 01/11/2010 10:46:47 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Faith

My understanding was that the amount of rain in the midwest during the fall prevented the tractors from being able to get out in the fields to conduct the harvest.

I’ve seen some that were just plowed under. As I understand it, it would have been more expensive to harvest it late with the losses than just take the write off.


25 posted on 01/11/2010 11:54:21 AM PST by reed13 (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.")
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