Comments on: A Farm Is a Large Garden (or A Garden Is a Small Farm) http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/#comment-2148 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:43:18 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1029#comment-2148 To aaron: The fact that farmers are heavily subsidized seems to me an admission by one and all that factory farming is not very profitable. (I don't think any kind of farming is very profitable to tell the truth.) A new manure lagoon being built in our state on a factory dairy farm gets an EQIP subsidy of $230,000, just for the lagoon. One of my best friends, who grows more than a thousand acres of corn and soybeans tells me that those who think seven dollar corn means a big profit next fall are mistaken. Costs have also gone sky high, including land rental. Like you say, if you don't get a crop or get only half a crop because of the terrible adverse weather we are having, you are really cooked because this is the costliest crop ever to be put in the ground. Or what if the corn is better than expected and the price is not seven dollars a bushel this fall, but $3.00 a bushel. Grain traders know this is entirely possible. Another acquaintance of mine who farms 4000 acres, had to replant about half of it. Farmers get rich because the price of their land keeps going up, not because of production farming. Gene Logsdon To aaron: The fact that farmers are heavily subsidized seems to me an admission by one and all that factory farming is not very profitable. (I don’t think any kind of farming is very profitable to tell the truth.) A new manure lagoon being built in our state on a factory dairy farm gets an EQIP subsidy of $230,000, just for the lagoon. One of my best friends, who grows more than a thousand acres of corn and soybeans tells me that those who think seven dollar corn means a big profit next fall are mistaken. Costs have also gone sky high, including land rental. Like you say, if you don’t get a crop or get only half a crop because of the terrible adverse weather we are having, you are really cooked because this is the costliest crop ever to be put in the ground. Or what if the corn is better than expected and the price is not seven dollars a bushel this fall, but $3.00 a bushel. Grain traders know this is entirely possible. Another acquaintance of mine who farms 4000 acres, had to replant about half of it. Farmers get rich because the price of their land keeps going up, not because of production farming. Gene Logsdon

]]> By: aaron http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/#comment-2112 aaron Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:25:17 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1029#comment-2112 $7 corn most certainly is a boon for those able to get a crop. If factory farming is such a money looser why do there seem to be so many wealthy farmers around with new pick ups and houses. on fertilizer: while it's likely gone in a flood, it will still be there next year after a drought. I still enjoyed the column. Keep it up. $7 corn most certainly is a boon for those able to get a crop. If factory farming is such a money looser why do there seem to be so many wealthy farmers around with new pick ups and houses.
on fertilizer: while it’s likely gone in a flood, it will still be there next year after a drought.
I still enjoyed the column. Keep it up.

]]> By: granny miller http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/#comment-2108 granny miller Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:08:18 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1029#comment-2108 Thanks Gene :-) Think Ill talk to my husband & see if we can get some in. We had planned to harvest it by hand & then turn sheep & cows in to clean it up. Thanks Gene :-)
Think Ill talk to my husband & see if we can get some in.

We had planned to harvest it by hand & then turn sheep & cows in to clean it up.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/#comment-2107 Anonymous Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:05:39 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1029#comment-2107 Granny Miller, I just planted (June 17) some short season sweet corn and it's up already. Sweet corn makes mighty good animal feed as well as many dishes for people and if you have moisture, an 80 day corn should make it even planted this late. If not feed it as silage to the animals. Gene Logsdon Granny Miller, I just planted (June 17) some short season sweet corn and it’s up already. Sweet corn makes mighty good animal feed as well as many dishes for people and if you have moisture, an 80 day corn should make it even planted this late. If not feed it as silage to the animals. Gene Logsdon

]]> By: granny miller http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2008/06/17/a-farm-is-a-large-garden-or-a-garden-is-a-small-farm/#comment-2086 granny miller Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:17:20 +0000 http://organictobe.org/?p=1029#comment-2086 We were going to plant an acre or two of corn this year to offset our feed cost. But we never got to it because of weather & family commitments. Am I ever sorry we didn’t :-( We were going to plant an acre or two of corn this year to offset our feed cost.

But we never got to it because of weather & family commitments.

Am I ever sorry we didn’t :-(

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