From: Cliff on
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:57:46 -0700 (PDT), Joe788 <joemama788(a)aol.com> wrote:

>
>Yep. In California, Uncle Sam will pay you NOT to grow anything on
>your land, in order to minimize the crying that comes from the midwest.

Where they get paid not to grow too.
Worst of all are red state farmers NOT growing things
such as peanuts ....

OTOH Proper soil management does need fallow years
IIRC AND CA has a huge water shortage plus soils going
bad.
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Cliff
From: Cliff on
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:45:39 -0800, "PrecisionmachinisT"
<precisionmachinist(a)notmail.com> wrote:

>> Not to mention over $20 Billion in direct farm subsidies -- roughly $1
>> Billion for Iowa and Illinois, alone!
>>
>
>Which is why scumbags such as Monsanto, Cargill and a handfull of meat
>packers basically have monopolized food production in the US.

China will now be exporting chicken to the US ....

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-16/wto-interim-ruling-against-u-s-ban-on-china-chicken-daily-says.html
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Cliff