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To: trumandogz

However, we do need to end all farm subsidies.


25 posted on 02/18/2010 12:06:17 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz

My brother is a corn/soybean farmer in Nebraska. The only “subsidies” he receives are loans backed by the U.S. When the ethanol debacle arose, corn went from approx. $4 a bushel to $7 a bushel. It is now about $3.80 a bushel. However, seed prices went up drastically, fertilizer went up drastically, fuel went up, etc. When corn prices dropped by half since the artificial inflation to $7, everything else didn’t cut in half.


30 posted on 02/18/2010 12:18:27 PM PST by stuckinloozeeana
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