Does anyone here know a farmer being paid to do this? Grain and meat prices are too high to be tempted by a Government program. Plus pork, chicken, turkey, and beef are on sale every week where I live. But by all means be stocked up, someday soon Americans will finally find a way to protest that is effective, but addresses their fear of January 6th style arrests. Or maybe they will peacefully take to the streets anyway.
I had the the largest farmer in western ky as a customer I was contracting with and I asked him and he said he had never heard such a thing and it was fake news. He said even if they offered me double what it was worth I wouldnt destroy my crop. Most farmers are good hard working people so I’ll take them anyday over some fear porn on the Internet.
I crossed about 1/4 of Nebraska in May, and many fields were not planted.
I asked a person I knew and he told me about the 30x30 program. Link below to Gov Rickets, feds are trying to put permanent CRP restrictions on Western states equivalent to two times the size of Texas.
This is exactly why I'm skeptical of the food shortage rumors. The only "evidence" I've seen of the government ordering farmers to destroy crops have come from the same handful of sketchy Rumble and TikTok videos. If this was widespread enough to cause a food shortage, then surely there would be more evidence by now.
Mostly fake news, but a mixture of truth, distorted to create fear porn.
So I'm not a farmer, but I work with tons of them. I've asked them this question a lot, and I'll see if I can explain without butchering it. I could be wrong on this.
So, Farmers are at the mercy of market prices. The feed corn they plant today worth say 5/bushel, may only be worth 3/bushel when harvest is done, the dryers are running, and they're ready to sell. The problem comes in when all is said and done, it cost them 3.50/bushel to harvest. When you do 30,000 bushels, that can screw you bad. Now do 300,000 bushels, or drop the market price to 2/bushel.
So farmers get crop insurance. What that does is cover them for losses. The insurance may say, ok, you estimate your cost is 3.55 per bushel, so we'll cover any difference IF the market is under, so you can make cost.
This is a gross simplification, and there are lots of factors, but farmers do have some financial backing to cover them to a degree.
Like any business though, they have to be smart with investments, new equipment, seed, etc.
I know a guy with 5,000 acres, and they are in dangerous waters trying to grow, not too fast so they don't go under.
I also know a guy who runs only 250 acres, traditional methods, smart thinking, who has a lake house, Florida home, kids have full rides in college, NICE cars, etc.
I also know some Amish, most financially stable people I know, but some have a hard life.
Does anyone here know a farmer being paid to do this? Grain and meat prices are too high to be tempted by a Government program. Plus pork, chicken, turkey, and beef are on sale every week where I live. But by all means be stocked up, someday soon Americans will finally find a way to protest that is effective, but addresses their fear of January 6th style arrests. Or maybe they will peacefully take to the streets anyway.
I had the the largest farmer in western ky as a customer I was contracting with and I asked him and he said he had never heard such a thing and it was fake news. He said even if they offered me double what it was worth I wouldnt destroy my crop. Most farmers are good hard working people so I’ll take them anyday over some fear porn on the Internet.
I asked a SD corn and soybean farmer if he knew of any. Fake news.
I crossed about 1/4 of Nebraska in May, and many fields were not planted.
I asked a person I knew and he told me about the 30x30 program. Link below to Gov Rickets, feds are trying to put permanent CRP restrictions on Western states equivalent to two times the size of Texas.
https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-farmers-conservation-reserve-crp-usda-vilsack/
Nebraska governor opposed to Biden 30x30 https://governor.nebraska.gov/press/stop-30-x-30-land-grab
Good interview https://americanstewards.us/30-x-30-interview-with-governor-ricketts/
https://www.thefencepost.com/news/30-x-30/
This is exactly why I'm skeptical of the food shortage rumors. The only "evidence" I've seen of the government ordering farmers to destroy crops have come from the same handful of sketchy Rumble and TikTok videos. If this was widespread enough to cause a food shortage, then surely there would be more evidence by now.
I haven't heard anything recently. Last year, crops were being destroyed due to lack of demand. There was a Wall Street Journal article about it.
Coronavirus Forces Farmers to Destroy Their Crops
This has happened. But not often. Crop insurance helps with this.
Mostly fake news, but a mixture of truth, distorted to create fear porn.
So I'm not a farmer, but I work with tons of them. I've asked them this question a lot, and I'll see if I can explain without butchering it. I could be wrong on this.
So, Farmers are at the mercy of market prices. The feed corn they plant today worth say 5/bushel, may only be worth 3/bushel when harvest is done, the dryers are running, and they're ready to sell. The problem comes in when all is said and done, it cost them 3.50/bushel to harvest. When you do 30,000 bushels, that can screw you bad. Now do 300,000 bushels, or drop the market price to 2/bushel.
So farmers get crop insurance. What that does is cover them for losses. The insurance may say, ok, you estimate your cost is 3.55 per bushel, so we'll cover any difference IF the market is under, so you can make cost.
This is a gross simplification, and there are lots of factors, but farmers do have some financial backing to cover them to a degree.
Like any business though, they have to be smart with investments, new equipment, seed, etc.
I know a guy with 5,000 acres, and they are in dangerous waters trying to grow, not too fast so they don't go under.
I also know a guy who runs only 250 acres, traditional methods, smart thinking, who has a lake house, Florida home, kids have full rides in college, NICE cars, etc.
I also know some Amish, most financially stable people I know, but some have a hard life.
None of them are destroying crops.