crop insurance

[kygorski]

I was driving to town, and noticed a farmer bush wacking an entire soy bean field, are we paying for that? yep farmers do stand in line for " wellfare too.

[Les Young]

It's bad enough you post democrat versus republican stuff all the time now it's about farmers. Pathetic. You know with the wettest year we've ever had recorded since this makes the crops yields way less than what they will produce on an average year that's what they pay for the insurance for don't you. My neighbor on the adjoining farm tried to get his tobacco in & mother nature screwed him over. What was he suppose to do lose all the chemcial, fertilize, seed money ect. (which none are even close to being cheap) that he invested & still bush hog it down? Kind of hard to make farm payments like that ain't it? Seriously man you need to think sometimes (unless of course you have experience in the very thing you're talking about) & see the big picture before laying blame on everone for everything you deem so wrong in your mind.

[sweetwater]

It's bad enough you post democrat versus republican stuff all the time now it's about farmers. Pathetic. You know with the wettest year we've ever had recorded since this makes the crops yields way less than what they will produce on an average year that's what they pay for the insurance for don't you. My neighbor on the adjoining farm tried to get his tobacco in & mother nature screwed him over. What was he suppose to do lose all the chemcial, fertilize, seed money ect. (which none are even close to being cheap) that he invested & still bush hog it down? Kind of hard to make farm payments like that ain't it? Seriously man you need to think sometimes (unless of course you have experience in the very thing you're talking about) & see the big picture before laying blame on everone for everything you deem so wrong in your mind.

He's never been hungry nor has he ever been in a profession where you have to pay what others want for their product then if Mother Nature decides to let you have a harvestable product you have no choice in how much you will receive for it. If this wasn't the case he would not be so quick to condemn the ones that feed him.

[Bandit1]

If he has crop insurance they may have told him to mow it down. Not only is the rain hurting the yields, you should see the damage it's causing. It's horrible. You can say what you want but you get paid from your job regardless. I do to. Farmers don't always make the money everyone thinks they do. Yeah, they get big checks, but they also have big bills.

[kygorski]

Yes mother nature had a hand in some of the cases, but then the tariffs played another role, china is not buying the amounts they used to. In some stes and places in canada stoage is almost at maximum. there isn't any place to store the crops.There is adequate proof that farm subsidy is a waste of govrnment money. There have been many cases of subsidy abuse.I feel a little for the farmers in some cases, the little farmers almost life at poverty levels.But I not going to worry about that.

[Bandit1]

Last I heard the farmers and landlords ONLY get the subsidy for half the grain the take to town to sell. Not what insurance tells them to mow down. Like I say though, this is the last I heard, it may have changed.

[Les Young]

Yes mother nature had a hand in some of the cases, but then the tariffs played another role, china is not buying the amounts they used to. In some stes and places in canada stoage is almost at maximum. there isn't any place to store the crops.There is adequate proof that farm subsidy is a waste of govrnment money. There have been many cases of subsidy abuse.I feel a little for the farmers in some cases, the little farmers almost life at poverty levels.But I not going to worry about that.

The corporate farms get the biggest hand outs by far. Small farmers are almost a thing of the past now thanks to the rising cost & then just trying to stay afloat.

[roadrunner]

Yes mother nature had a hand in some of the cases, but then the tariffs played another role, china is not buying the amounts they used to. In some stes and places in canada stoage is almost at maximum. there isn't any place to store the crops.There is adequate proof that farm subsidy is a waste of govrnment money. There have been many cases of subsidy abuse.I feel a little for the farmers in some cases, the little farmers almost life at poverty levels.But I not going to worry about that.

That is exactly why there needs to be subsidies for farming. who do you know that produces a product and lets someone else set a price for what you will get paid. When Jimmy carter was president he used corn and soybeans as a sanction and really hurt the farmers. This is the same as tariffs they do hurt the farmer but the subsidies help. I do not have a problem with the tariffs as we have been the laughing stock of the world in our crazy trade agreement. if a president would have had the intestinal fortitude that Trump has years ago this would not be so painful. The U S always kicks the can down the road. the longer you put something off the more painful it is.

[DJD]

That is exactly why there needs to be subsidies for farming. who do you know that produces a product and lets someone else set a price for what you will get paid. When Jimmy carter was president he used corn and soybeans as a sanction and really hurt the farmers. This is the same as tariffs they do hurt the farmer but the subsidies help. I do not have a problem with the tariffs as we have been the laughing stock of the world in our crazy trade agreement. if a president would have had the intestinal fortitude that Trump has years ago this would not be so painful. The U S always kicks the can down the road. the longer you put something off the more painful it is.

Yes! I agree 100%...both parties have done this so no politician gets a pass.

[Moveon]

I was driving to town, and noticed a farmer bush wacking an entire soy bean field, are we paying for that? yep farmers do stand in line for " wellfare too.

The large excesses of rains this year and last are a direct result of higher global average air temperature and ocean temperatures. More heat equals more rain. More rain and more bigger storms are going to create havoc with the farms and their crops.

Global warming need to be taken care of before it's too late. And Trump refused to learn about what's going on. We need to dump trump and fast and get back to saving the planet.

The major fires in California are due to global warming too. The excessive heat and drought in one area is a result of more turbulent weather and changing weather patterns cause by global temperature averages all over the planet being higher.

[Les Young]

The large excesses of rains this year and last are a direct result of higher global average air temperature and ocean temperatures. More heat equals more rain. More rain and more bigger storms are going to create havoc with the farms and their crops.

Global warming need to be taken care of before it's too late. And Trump refused to learn about what's going on. We need to dump trump and fast and get back to saving the planet.

The major fires in California are due to global warming too. The excessive heat and drought in one area is a result of more turbulent weather and changing weather patterns cause by global temperature averages all over the planet being higher.

I thought Al Gore admitted that global warming was b*llshit? Can Trump stop global warming? If he had been around then could he have stopped the ice age that killed the dinosaurs? I think not.

[Moveon]

I thought Al Gore admitted that global warming was b*llshit? Can Trump stop global warming? If he had been around then could he have stopped the ice age that killed the dinosaurs? I think not.

make fun of it all you want but it's coming and there is not much you can do to stop the effects of global warming without reducing the amount of green house gases going into the atmosphere. People like you can pretend that it's not real but that's because you are not informed of all the facts.