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rwsanders

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12. Many family farms are still part of the corporate farms...

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:18 PM

Oct 2013

In MO Tyson contracts with small farmers to run factory farms for chickens (farmer covers all the liability and Tyson gets the product of course).
Some are splitting their lots among family so each separate "farm" qualifies to have a large factory unit on it.
State of MO DNR was OK with that.
So any numbers on remaining "family farms" may not be accurate and may be why they are so rabidly republican.

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Wait ... there are still "family farms"? zbdent Oct 2013 #1

I think we lost Iowa, but there are still a few in VA. Heather MC Oct 2013 #5

Eliminate 99% of 50 million family farms and you would still have 500,000 family farms. n/t ieoeja Oct 2013 #8

Many family farms are still part of the corporate farms... rwsanders Oct 2013 #12

I think that the "family farms" are similar to how John Lennon found out he had cattle zbdent Oct 2013 #13

The small chicken farmer makes no money. Blanks Oct 2013 #14

Great way to start my morning. Thanks! GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 #2

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thank you! hedgehog Oct 2013 #10

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The Big Agribusiness guy looks just like Dick Cheney! n/t chervilant Oct 2013 #11