Just experienced DOA coming into my area - purchasing the balance of existing contracts from farmers for eggs, poultry and swine. The DOA reps stayed at the farms and would not pay until all of the product (live animals, plus any eggs already packaged and ready for stores) were buried in large pits on the properties and recorded by DOA as proof.
Dad grew up on a farm, even back in the 60's the feds had strict crop size requirements to ensure baseline price in the market
the fed found his dad had corn on 3/10's of an acre that was overage according to them, waited while my dad got on his tractor and razed it, wouldn't even allow for it to be fed to cattle, only totally destroyed
My mom told me once that you can't just do whatever you want anymore (I tell her these sorts of things too, F them do it anyway, about terraces and other things) because the NEIGHBORS will rat you out for not following rules. And then DOA comes knocking. Amerika has come to Rural Areas too.
Actually, terraces are pretty good idea because they conserve the precious topsoil. Our nearby lake used to be really deep years before farming started up bigtime in the area. It filled with silt and is now shallow from the runoff that came from the fields before they started terracing.
My grandpa made lots of bank when Iowa started requiring them, he got a tiler and loader, went and built them himself, and then contracted out to build for others, to code. They are a bit of a pain to put in and maintain, but I agree they are a good thing overall. I just don't like being told what to do :)
If the farmers agree to this, they should be charged with whatever crimes the DOA is committing. End of story, there won't be allowances for ignorance.
If the farmers are smart, they'll take the gov't money, then turn around and sell their crops anyway. I wouldn't have any problem with this.
Just experienced DOA coming into my area - purchasing the balance of existing contracts from farmers for eggs, poultry and swine. The DOA reps stayed at the farms and would not pay until all of the product (live animals, plus any eggs already packaged and ready for stores) were buried in large pits on the properties and recorded by DOA as proof.
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Dad grew up on a farm, even back in the 60's the feds had strict crop size requirements to ensure baseline price in the market
the fed found his dad had corn on 3/10's of an acre that was overage according to them, waited while my dad got on his tractor and razed it, wouldn't even allow for it to be fed to cattle, only totally destroyed
My mom told me once that you can't just do whatever you want anymore (I tell her these sorts of things too, F them do it anyway, about terraces and other things) because the NEIGHBORS will rat you out for not following rules. And then DOA comes knocking. Amerika has come to Rural Areas too.
Actually, terraces are pretty good idea because they conserve the precious topsoil. Our nearby lake used to be really deep years before farming started up bigtime in the area. It filled with silt and is now shallow from the runoff that came from the fields before they started terracing.
My grandpa made lots of bank when Iowa started requiring them, he got a tiler and loader, went and built them himself, and then contracted out to build for others, to code. They are a bit of a pain to put in and maintain, but I agree they are a good thing overall. I just don't like being told what to do :)
If the farmers agree to this, they should be charged with whatever crimes the DOA is committing. End of story, there won't be allowances for ignorance.