stocky
Well-known member
I got a shock today when I talked with my local farm store about fertilize for this spring. I had been talking with them every couple of weeks and they were going to tell me the right time that they felt would be the cheapest to lock the price in. My family has done business with them all of our lives, the original owner of the place has passed away and his wife and the son and daughter run it and do a great job.
Their business, as well as their fertilize building and bins are next to the railroad tracks, so they have always been able to get fertilize, lime, or whatever supplies by rail, as well as by road. They supply fertilize for people in this whole area and have about 20 of the carts that are 5 ton carts to loan to people who want to spread their own. It is only a 7 mile pull for me to use the carts, so it saves alot of money for me to buy it and use their cart to spread my own.
They had given me an estimated price and it had stayed pretty steady and I was going to lock it in today or tomorrow. HOWEVER, they called me today and told me that Homeland Security had visited them and told them their fertilize business is immediately shut down. They gave them a long list of all the things they will have to build and purchase in order to get back in business. It includes, fences, buildings, security cameras and personnel, among other things. Their family sells their products very reasonably priced and do not gouge customers. They have decided it would bankrupt them to spend all the money it would take to meet these regulations.
Now, all the people in this area, will have to find another supplier, which will make it more difficult as others are over crowded and cannot add alot of new customers. The nearest place to buy is now 20 miles away. That is alot of difference to pull a fertilize spreader with an old pickup. This won't be just an isolated incident. There will be other shutdowns across the country. We were told that this government has given up on destroying our private property rights and our cattle farms by new laws, so they will do it by executive order and regulations through the EPA and Homeland Security. Those words are sure ringing true.
Has anyone else had this issue, yet?
Their business, as well as their fertilize building and bins are next to the railroad tracks, so they have always been able to get fertilize, lime, or whatever supplies by rail, as well as by road. They supply fertilize for people in this whole area and have about 20 of the carts that are 5 ton carts to loan to people who want to spread their own. It is only a 7 mile pull for me to use the carts, so it saves alot of money for me to buy it and use their cart to spread my own.
They had given me an estimated price and it had stayed pretty steady and I was going to lock it in today or tomorrow. HOWEVER, they called me today and told me that Homeland Security had visited them and told them their fertilize business is immediately shut down. They gave them a long list of all the things they will have to build and purchase in order to get back in business. It includes, fences, buildings, security cameras and personnel, among other things. Their family sells their products very reasonably priced and do not gouge customers. They have decided it would bankrupt them to spend all the money it would take to meet these regulations.
Now, all the people in this area, will have to find another supplier, which will make it more difficult as others are over crowded and cannot add alot of new customers. The nearest place to buy is now 20 miles away. That is alot of difference to pull a fertilize spreader with an old pickup. This won't be just an isolated incident. There will be other shutdowns across the country. We were told that this government has given up on destroying our private property rights and our cattle farms by new laws, so they will do it by executive order and regulations through the EPA and Homeland Security. Those words are sure ringing true.
Has anyone else had this issue, yet?
