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roamer65

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38. Yeah. Very few farms are family owned in my area of MI. Most are owned by corporate entities.

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #37)

Sat Jan 2, 2021, 09:34 PM

Jan 2021

My dad knows the area and he tells me about it.

My dad was dairy farmer of 30 plus years.

Milk companies won’t even take on small operations anymore here.

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U.S. government checks constituted 40% of farmers' income in 2020: USDA [View all] UpInArms Dec 2020 OP

Nothing says free market capitalism like government subsidies bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #1

The takers Bradshaw3 Dec 2020 #2

Fucking Socialists randr Dec 2020 #3

look who is getting a handout Skittles Dec 2020 #4

That's how Trump bought their votes. ananda Dec 2020 #5

That is Reality. Wellstone ruled Dec 2020 #6

Socialism. badboy67 Dec 2020 #7

Socialists keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #8

THANK YOU KEITH DENVERPOPS Dec 2020 #15

He's still telling them that the tariffs (ergo the subsidies) are paid by China. Marcuse Jan 2021 #30

Hold that socialism? keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #9

Welfare for farmers mountain grammy Dec 2020 #10

Hypocrites reader1 Dec 2020 #11

Broadbrush stereotyping. murielm99 Jan 2021 #27

And we don't have enough subsidized food for millions of hungry Americans? nt Hekate Dec 2020 #12

No wonder the farmer across the road has a "yuge" tRump flag a flyin. nt yaesu Dec 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #17

"but then we kept getting payments" BumRushDaShow Dec 2020 #14

"rugged individualists" TeamPooka Dec 2020 #16

All over farm country up here. He bought their vote months ago. BTW, all christian fundies. Miigwech Dec 2020 #18

Socialism is okay for the farmers, but not for everyday working folks displaced by the pandemic. nt iluvtennis Dec 2020 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #20

Are they gonna have to spend winters in the US Wolf Frankula Jan 2021 #21

End all agricultural subsidies. roamer65 Jan 2021 #22

Then they would sink, murielm99 Jan 2021 #33

That 40 pct is debt that I have to pay interest on through my taxes. roamer65 Jan 2021 #34

I don't know who is getting the checks mentioned murielm99 Jan 2021 #35

I do know. I grew up on a farm. roamer65 Jan 2021 #36

Good luck separating the family farms. murielm99 Jan 2021 #37

Yeah. Very few farms are family owned in my area of MI. Most are owned by corporate entities. roamer65 Jan 2021 #38

Most of the USDA's budget murielm99 Jan 2021 #23

I live in farming country UpInArms Jan 2021 #24

If that is true, murielm99 Jan 2021 #25

Thank you for your efforts and perspective, Muriel. mcar Jan 2021 #31

As you not sew, so shall ye still reap . . . Journeyman Jan 2021 #26

That would be sow, not sew. murielm99 Jan 2021 #32

Those self-reliant patriotic famers hate socialism Yeehah Jan 2021 #28

I should have started an ant farm to get a big fat check miyazaki Jan 2021 #29