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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03 Two years ago this summer, 2004, we grew a field of wheat and lost our***on it. What kept things almost marginal was that we BALED the STRAW and sold it after the wheat was picked by the 30,000lb combine which loaded the SEMI right in the FIELD and hauled it up the DIRT road to the gravel road to the river terminal. Which is what EVERYONE else does who has a semi, or any truck for that matter. It gets loaded in the field and driven out to wherever. [/quote] Now, I need to ask, since the comment is made "everyone else does who has a semi ..." combined with the remark "we grew a field of wheat ...". This isn't what I hear to be a "wheat" operation .... I don't hear 2,000, 5,000 or 10,000 acres, I don't hear custom cutters, and I don't hear a real experience .... not too many real wheat farmers, I don't care where they're at, have 10 or 15 "semi's" sitting around all year waiting for wheat season .... sorry, got to blow the whistle on this story ... [/quote] I was relating personal experience and what I see every day. I can't speak for people in Montana, but I can for Illinois. You took that totally out of context. And if you guys want to pull the plug on farm subsidies, then the gov't should pull the plug on EVERY government subsidy domestic and foreign, from welfare to any USDA program to tax breaks. Cut 'em all. Level the playing field.
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