Farmers blamed for rising cost of food

I feel like a one-armed man in a jawboning contest. So much scape-goating, so little time...

Investment speculators in the commodity markets are one of the biggest reasons for the increases.

But since Wall Street contributes heavily to politicians, they won't touch them with a ten foot pole.


Wall Street Grain Hoarding Brings Farmers, Consumers Near Ruin
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDZej7GJjpjM&refer=home

A man asked an organic gardener how he kept the bugs off of his plants. The gardener replied "healthy plants don't attract bugs."

They cull the herd. Why take on that tough ol' bull termater, when this here li'l ol' basil plant is easy pickin's. Skeeters is like that too. They won't bite ya if'n yore heart is pure.

:rofl:

Organic gardeners are great kidders.

Give a rat's *** what you do with it. Considering that most farmers haven't made money in 10yrs ,give or take, how do they come up with this B.S that they are growing their grain for fuel instead of supplying us with food. The reason grain prices are high is because of cost inputs ,transportation cost, manipulation of the commodities markets , exports and the demand or ethanol. When they bitch about the farmer they shouldn't talk with their mouth full. I don't think that you're going to see many people giving up their job to get rich at farming. The U.S has had the lowest percentage of gross income going toward food in the world for the last 50 ,or so, years. Grain commodities tend to be an inelastic market and will level out over time.

should point their fingers at themselves.
For reasons that should be obvious to anyone who has been following the decline of our civilization...

Bet some of them fucks feel REAL good about dumping milk now!

I have a serious problem with farmers that participate in price control systems like dumping milk and dumping food offshore to get prices up.

I want their subsidies pulled and them run out of business by people growing food in their yards and small farms for sell in market.

Try taking a look at non-farm corporations who get government subsidies for NOT growing a crop! How about GE, GM etc.

Oil is the main culprit.

Big difference between the corps and the small operators. Also, look to where the big profits are generated, bet it ain't Ma & Pa Kettle....