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Petroleum inputs for food crops seem like a risky bet. Ron Green Nov 2021 #1
Farming practices for hundreds of acres Sogo Nov 2021 #4
NAt gas is needed to make fertilizer. nt oldsoftie Nov 2021 #24
From an earth-based point of view, that seems like a problem. n/t Ron Green Nov 2021 #43
Exactly. Sogo Nov 2021 #51
All this, and he's blaming Biden?? bluestarone Nov 2021 #2
Maybe you should wake up and Sogo Nov 2021 #6
Yea right ok. bluestarone Nov 2021 #10
Hmm. Context. The OP provided us with context. Hekate Nov 2021 #48
Applaud! nt KPN Nov 2021 #40
I didn't hear blame. I heard this is an opportunity to score with farmers. TigressDem Nov 2021 #36
You didn't read it like i did bluestarone Nov 2021 #39
The "Biden wake up part..." TigressDem Nov 2021 #42
Plus not NOT ONE MENTION bluestarone Nov 2021 #45
Well, the way you read it is wrong. Sogo Nov 2021 #46
Well, WE KNOW the truth and it's still got wiggle room to bring the brother around. TigressDem Nov 2021 #47
The average voter isn't nearly as informed as we here at DU are Polybius Nov 2021 #77
Well said and spot on. I'm tired of peope blaming before understanding. KPN Nov 2021 #41
Except BlueStarOne was defending Biden.... that's a good thing. TigressDem Nov 2021 #44
While blaming Sogo's brother the farmer KPN Nov 2021 #75
Telling the truth about brother's popsition doesn't endorse blaming Biden. TigressDem Nov 2021 #82
Biden does indeed hire the best people Bayard Nov 2021 #3
Yes. My brother was talking about writing to Sogo Nov 2021 #9
Vilsack is run by corporate ag. roody Nov 2021 #20
You have the facts on that statement? Bayard Nov 2021 #31
Yes. roody Nov 2021 #78
Farmers dry out corn in propane sheds DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #5
They voted for Obama.... Sogo Nov 2021 #7
They did not. Obama did better but he most certainly DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #12
He won the Iowa Dem caucus Sogo Nov 2021 #13
sorry. agree with 98% of what you're saying stopdiggin Nov 2021 #15
But lost the rural vote. He did about 3% better than Kerry DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #17
Iowa. The state Trump won by 9% in 2016 and 8% in 2020. That Iowa? Okay. ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #26
Funny How Government Gets The Blame modrepub Nov 2021 #8
I think that's all that's being suggested here. Sogo Nov 2021 #11
What Good Does Government Help Do modrepub Nov 2021 #18
that's a pretty solid 'free market' point of view stopdiggin Nov 2021 #22
Iowa farmers didn't like the China tariffs Trump put in after voting for him +9% in 2016 so ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #30
Your bro needs to wake up Blues Heron Nov 2021 #14
your casual (disdainful?) dismissal doesn't really serve stopdiggin Nov 2021 #19
Remember his bro allegedly VOTED FOR BIDEN Blues Heron Nov 2021 #21
and another disdainful dismissal stopdiggin Nov 2021 #23
Still not buying it Blues Heron Nov 2021 #25
And yet he uses language like Biden needs to "wake up" that is associated with Fox talking points ZonkerHarris Nov 2021 #32
It's just concern trolling 101 complete with the team of wingmen Blues Heron Nov 2021 #34
Oh, aren't you the slueth....NOT. Sogo Nov 2021 #50
....all caps to avert the responses like the Sogo Nov 2021 #49
cool bro story bro Blues Heron Nov 2021 #52
Here's what I'm not buying.... Sogo Nov 2021 #56
who did your "bro" vote for in 2016 Blues Heron Nov 2021 #58
Hillary. Sogo Nov 2021 #60
OK so Obama, Clinton and Biden Blues Heron Nov 2021 #61
Who said anything about him going to the "dark side?" Sogo Nov 2021 #62
the implication is we'll lose him if Biden doesn't "wake up" Blues Heron Nov 2021 #64
Your "implication" is way off base. Sogo Nov 2021 #65
you've gone from dismissal, to calling the OP poster a liar stopdiggin Nov 2021 #68
The avg voter doesnt care that the President is "doing fine" oldsoftie Nov 2021 #28
Yep. Sogo Nov 2021 #54
We could ban the export of liquified natural gas Klaralven Nov 2021 #16
better to tax it Amishman Nov 2021 #29
Fertilizer companies have been sounding the alarm for a month now NickB79 Nov 2021 #27
Withholding Natural Gas? Roy Rolling Nov 2021 #33
Complex problem with no bumper sticker solution. jaxexpat Nov 2021 #35
Not to worry. Iowa farmers, like coal miners, always get plenty of attention and assistance. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #37
Does he want/expect subsidies? moondust Nov 2021 #38
It has always been thus NQAS Nov 2021 #53
I'm done with farmers PERIOD. Joe Nation Nov 2021 #55
Hoo boy....... n/t gay texan Nov 2021 #59
And what will you be eating? marie999 Nov 2021 #67
Typical GusBob Nov 2021 #73
NO. James48 Nov 2021 #57
But we do have the Defense Production Act.... Sogo Nov 2021 #72
Listen the farm belt does not vote D The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #63
An organic farmer or someone who's selling genetically modified Monsanto poison? traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #66
Maybe there needs to be a subsidized path to organic farming... hunter Nov 2021 #69
it's no secret... myohmy2 Nov 2021 #70
I'll bet he is having a hard time. This inflation is hard leftyladyfrommo Nov 2021 #71
As maybe you can tell from this thread GusBob Nov 2021 #74
I don't think it was ever established whether the brother Ron Green Nov 2021 #76
Those monocultures are what make meat so cheap here NickB79 Nov 2021 #81
SO WHAT? betsuni Nov 2021 #79
Venezuela's oil exports bounce to over 700,000 bpd in Oct -data Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2021 #80
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