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BumRushDaShow

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8. Soy is used as a rotation crop by many farmers
Wed Oct 24, 2018, 10:05 AM
Oct 2018

and especially for corn and cotton farmers.

But hey, MAGA!!!!111!1!!

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Jeeze, they import their hog feed?? 7962 Oct 2018 #1
Exports of food stuffs above our needs feed a lot of people around the world. marble falls Oct 2018 #7
Well, yeah, PEOPLE, I just didnt expect HOGS too. 7962 Oct 2018 #15
Beans don't weigh much and just like in the US, the Chinese gov't subsidizes ... marble falls Oct 2018 #16
You'd have to freeze the pork to get it to China from the major soybean producing countries muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #18
I could see Japan, being so small. But I would think China could produce enough. 7962 Oct 2018 #19
They have 1.4 billion people muriel_volestrangler Oct 2018 #23
Trump's Bailout to US Farmers Hurt by His Tariffs is Nothing but Pure Socialism dlk Oct 2018 #2
My Louisiana neighbors Roy Rolling Oct 2018 #3
lol and when the market corrects then what will they say? Obama's fault? beachbum bob Oct 2018 #4
It's been happening all month - S&P 500 has given back all of the gains in 2018. spooky3 Oct 2018 #20
And, it's a market system that screws them at every turn. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #9
Don't worry... it's all part of Susan Sarandon's "REVOLUTION". NurseJackie Oct 2018 #5
Corn, supplemented with amino acids is the standard alternative to soy GeoWilliam750 Oct 2018 #6
Soy is used as a rotation crop by many farmers BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #8
GOOD LUCK WISCONSIN SOY BEAN FARMERS. THE JOKE IS ON YOU. MAGA Firestorm49 Oct 2018 #10
And...Kansas farmers will STILL vote for Trump and Republicans............ Bengus81 Oct 2018 #11
I guess we will have to put soybeans in our gasoline RainCaster Oct 2018 #12
I am in favor of eliminating all farm subsidies. roamer65 Oct 2018 #13
You're then in favor of a single potato costing $1.75. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #14
No matter what, someone is paying for that $1.75 potato. marble falls Oct 2018 #17
You're right. Most folks understand that. Most. 7962 Oct 2018 #21
but Trump said recently that the Chinese started buying all the soybeans again RussBLib Oct 2018 #22
Students Too modrepub Oct 2018 #24
Texas here, couple years ago 800 'private' (for profitable international students) schools here. Sunlei Oct 2018 #26
china has the land mass & soybeans easy to grow-grow animal feed next to their mega-'farms. Sunlei Oct 2018 #25
Thanks a pantload, republicans Achilleaze Oct 2018 #27
Dried Distillers Grain from corn ethanol plants farmbo Oct 2018 #28
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