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Economy

Farmer-Rick

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4. Exactly,

Reply to doc03 (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 7, 2019, 08:39 AM

Sep 2019

Even if farmers get those markets back it won't be at the same lucrative price and quantities. China will not go back to the table pretending all is back to normal.

Just like those once good paying union job in manufacturing that now pay $10 an hour, grain sales to China are not going to be the money maker they once were.

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The steel industry picked up some the last couple doc03 Sep 2019 #1

Something a talking head said on TV that is true Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #2

I read where manufacturing has piked up slightly but manufacturing jobs were good paying doc03 Sep 2019 #3

Exactly, Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #4