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moondust

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6. Interestingly,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2019, 12:49 AM

Oct 2019

the farm crisis of the 1920s and early 1930s occurred during the Republican administrations of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. Then came Democrat FDR in 1933 apparently to save the day.

The farm crisis of the 1980s occurred during the Republican administration of Reagan. Many family farms were lost and corporate farming took off.

And yet many farmers continue to vote for Republicans.

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Perdue Suggests Small Farms Can't Survive [View all] applegrove Oct 2019 OP

My very agricultural state went big for Trump- dawg day Oct 2019 #1

They need to be informed. "3 Billboards" in each state and such. The noise machine is applegrove Oct 2019 #2

Here's some links on farmer woes: NCLefty Oct 2019 #7

Alas, that's probably true. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #3

time for agrarian reform rampartc Oct 2019 #4

Years ago I heard an interview with a dairy farmer.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2019 #5

Average herd size in Wisconsin is 140 cows so a herd of 200 is on the large side. Kaleva Oct 2019 #8

Interestingly, moondust Oct 2019 #6

A majority of the large "corporate" farms are family run enterprises. Kaleva Oct 2019 #9

This should dispel any myth about Washington being protective of small farms and no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #10

+1 ck4829 Oct 2019 #12

K&R ck4829 Oct 2019 #11