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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters following an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison that it’s getting harder for farmers to get by on milking smaller herds.
“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” Perdue said.
“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” Perdue said.
bball wrote: "The juice wasn't worth the squeeze."
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Re: USDA
Or find their niche market and serve it well.
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Sometimes you do have to throw out the babies with the bath water.
Sometimes you do have to throw out the babies with the bath water.
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If speaking about the ag sector, he should of said, "In America, the big get bigger, if the government is there to prop them up."
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USDA has become infested with hiring goals and promotion based on look, gender or race. It is not called quotas, it is called goals. With quotas, such as the Forest Service, they cannot fill a job until the right type, look or color comes along. In USDA, it is a search for the best fit but not fully qualified and I can tell you horror stories of high level folks who could not write a complete sentence, manage themselves or balance a fund. It is a downward spiral for USDA.
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He's only acknowledging facts. The small can't make a living producing for commodity markets.
Change is inevitable, as we get deeper into the 21st century it's clear what was medium/large
40 yrs ago is small today, with one foot in the grave and the other shoe already off.
I remember joking in the '80s... it's child abuse to encourage a kid to take over a family farm.
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It is a fact easily seen with row crops here.
This is what you see in the fields now

This is what Dad used

This is what you see in the fields now

This is what Dad used

bball wrote: "The juice wasn't worth the squeeze."
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Actually, you need a tracked tractor to be current.
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American style capitalism can be ugly.Son of Butch wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:52 amHe's only acknowledging facts. The small can't make a living producing for commodity markets.
Some "small" conventional diaries are getting by here, because they have no debt. Some small organic dairies are doing well here, because they sell a premium product. Question is - - what happens to these operations when the owner needs to retire ?
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About half the big ones you see are tracked, maybe more than half. That was just the first giant Deere I saw on their website.
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Actually, I think my son said it is a Super H
. It still is the best thing in the small irregular shaped hayfields we make hay in. It can roll to start if needed and doesn't take a very big hill.... that old steel seat can get hard after awhile.



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“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said this week during a trip to Wisconsin. If this message sounds eerily familiar, that’s because it is. In the 1970’s, President Nixon’s Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz infamously told farmers to “get big or get out."
As secretary, Butz prioritized increasing production and decreasing commodity prices over all else — including farmers’ livelihoods, the prosperity of rural communities, the health of consumers and environmental sustainability. He eliminated supply management policies that had previously stabilized food prices, encouraged farmers to “plant fence row to fence row” and relied on export markets to get rid of the inevitable surplus.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/464 ... griculture?
As secretary, Butz prioritized increasing production and decreasing commodity prices over all else — including farmers’ livelihoods, the prosperity of rural communities, the health of consumers and environmental sustainability. He eliminated supply management policies that had previously stabilized food prices, encouraged farmers to “plant fence row to fence row” and relied on export markets to get rid of the inevitable surplus.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/464 ... griculture?
bball wrote: "The juice wasn't worth the squeeze."
Dun said, "You gotta be flexible. Do whatever you have to do for the best results within your limitations."
Dun said, "You gotta be flexible. Do whatever you have to do for the best results within your limitations."