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Farmers in Fear: Risk of Higher Wheat Prices Has Many in the Industry Scared to Death
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| 03/15/08
| Jim Stafford
Posted on 03/16/2008 9:28:25 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Uncle Ike; RSmithOpt; jiggyboy; 2banana; Travis McGee; OwenKellogg; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:28:59 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I try to pay attention to what farmers are saying.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:30:12 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(A moderate Muslim is one who acts like a Christian.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Is there any good news anywhere?
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:32:58 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
More fear-mongering. Deere has a 1 year waiting list for new harvesters. Good farm land in mid-west is at record prices. Cargill and ADM quite desperate to get grain into their silos, so spreads vs. futures are good. Crop prices can be locked in now via futures, if farmers want, so they have a guaranteed price for their crop, and crop insurance can cover weather disasters.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:34:50 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: CaptainK
I posted last week that Safeway had flour (General Mills) on sale for 4 five pound bags for $5.00. A dollar and a quarter a bag. I hope at least some posters read it and took advantage of the sale. It won’t be that cheap again.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:36:11 PM PDT
by
yorkie
(The FEW. The PROUD. The MARINES. Semper Fi)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Travis McGee; M. Espinola
$ 5 diesel is too costly. Farmers cannot afford to plant and/or harvest crops. Guess that means we all will have to grow our own wheat . . .
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:37:08 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
To: CaptainK
President Weakdollar retires in 9 1/2 months.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:38:22 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: CaptainK
No. It’s an election year.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:40:48 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
El Presidente Bush-o has a slow, down home, lasse-faire attitude about everything. It is like he cannot react. Something happened to his reflexes. He can’t respond.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:45:51 PM PDT
by
GinaLolaB
(=^..^=)
To: PGR88
Yes, so answer me this:
Care to predict what the basis is going to be when diesel appears headed for $5?
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:47:34 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: yorkie
It won’t be that cheap again.I wouldn't bet on that................
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:48:39 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Hillary's heart is darker than the devil's riding boots.................)
To: TigerLikesRooster
But, but, I thought prices were high due to ETHANOOOOOOL!!!
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:48:43 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: TigerLikesRooster
This entire article sounds like a commercial for large corporate farms, because the basic argument is the fear of failure; this could go wrong, that could go wrong, the sky is falling. The same as any small business would face, especially with an annual busy season.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:50:44 PM PDT
by
Bernard
(If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Oklahoma farmers might be a bad example - at least, the ones who own their own minerals rights under their land. Those farmers should be doing well right now.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:52:27 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: CaptainK
The Gravitational Constant seems to be holding steady.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:52:53 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: TigerLikesRooster
I know I would be scared silly if I suddenly started making 3-4 times my previous salary - wait, what?
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:54:01 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(oh well, Hunter 2012 anyone?)
To: yorkie
I just found out I’m alergic to wheat. Can’t eat it. Prefer beef steak (grass fed) with a salad (home grown) anyway.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:54:19 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
To: GinaLolaB
Really. What is W doing these days? Gives a rah-rah speech about the economy and says he’ll back McCain. Otherwise he’s on early retirement.
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:55:13 PM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
( Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
The “miracle” of American farming is oil. Oil for tractors, energy for fertilizers, petroleum products for pest control... we probably put more energy into our food than we get out...
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posted on
03/16/2008 9:55:21 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Obama's Rev shows blacks too can be hateful small minded bigots. Toss white guilt-it's a new day.)
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