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Originally posted by TalonTSiDude@May 28 2004, 10:50 PM
One more thing, I am sick of having to bail out the MN farmers. If they can't survive they should just go out of business like would happen in any other industry. We already help them out enough with the price-floor put in place for milk. That stuff is over $4/gal now at Cub last time I checked.
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Have you ever visited a dairy farm? Have you ever talked to a farmer about anything at all related to their business? If you knew how close every privately owned farm is to going under you'd understand.
There is an ethanol plant just east of Owatonna. Local farmers were given huge contracts to sell their corn to the plant, and as a result they're able to buy more land, plant more crops and buy bigger and better equipment to get the job done. On top of it, they get a better way of life and more security while we get cheaper and cleaner burning fuel.