At year end, I always make a point of talking with some of my family and friends that are still farmers. Not Agricorp, these are families and couples that work several thousand acres making a living – not a killing – being the most productive growers on the planet.
In case you think the rising price of corn is making family farmers across the Midwest rich, think again. The new energy bill, which passed with support from both sides of the aisle, ladles out hundreds of millions to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill (along with Monsanto and others, contributors to many reasons why we, as a country, are fat and stupid), and nothing of note at all to the family farmers on the front line. The family farmer is locked into a race to try and grow just enough more in order to survive the plundering they endure every year by Agricorp, led by ADM, Cargill, and Monsanto.
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