Posted by oldtanker on October 01, 2014 at 08:04:22 from (64.118.3.75):
In Reply to: Farming has changed posted by BIG RUH on September 30, 2014 at 19:15:55:
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Big Duh
I said that prices then and now are very different because then the government supported prices by buying up the surplus and it was in the 100's of millions of tons a year of farm over production. Today the farmer has to sink or swim without those price supports. So comparing then and now prices of what a farmer got paid is not an apples to apples comparison. When the average grower is chasing last years prices you are going to get overproduction. Without the government buying the surplus farm commodity prices are going to directly reflect supply and demand.
They were getting as much as 200 BPA (records at the time) in the corn belt in the early 70's. Record dairy hers were bumping 100 LBS per day herds too. Where farming has become much more productive is that one man can farm much more than he could back then. One guy farming without help 1000-1500 acres isn't unheard of.
You really should try reading comprehension. It works so much better than trying to insult someone who may not agree with every thing you said or questions your thinking.
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