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<blockquote data-quote="Howdyjabo" data-source="post: 940793" data-attributes="member: 391"><p>I second that feedlots are not ripping you off.</p><p>There is a shortage of calves- if they are not competing for them(ie pushing the price up) its because they cannot make money with them.</p><p>the solution is for the Americans to get used to paying 40-50% of their income on food. </p><p></p><p>The timing of an ethanol mandate couldn't have been worse-- If farmers had had better weather(the last two years) to build up a surplus again(we all know they can do it) it would have been good for everyone. When tieing food costs to energy costs - it forces people to pay the true value for food.</p><p>Farmers problems have always been that the " pie"(consumer costs) is too small- and leaves us competing with each other for who reaps the profits each year. the "pie" needs to be bigger so there is enough money to go around for all segments.</p><p>Had the grain farmers been able to produce good crops for the last two years- we would ALL be loving the ethanol mandate.Now its going to hurt- but the end result may be good for those that survive- this will definitely force people to pay the true value of food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howdyjabo, post: 940793, member: 391"] I second that feedlots are not ripping you off. There is a shortage of calves- if they are not competing for them(ie pushing the price up) its because they cannot make money with them. the solution is for the Americans to get used to paying 40-50% of their income on food. The timing of an ethanol mandate couldn't have been worse-- If farmers had had better weather(the last two years) to build up a surplus again(we all know they can do it) it would have been good for everyone. When tieing food costs to energy costs - it forces people to pay the true value for food. Farmers problems have always been that the " pie"(consumer costs) is too small- and leaves us competing with each other for who reaps the profits each year. the "pie" needs to be bigger so there is enough money to go around for all segments. Had the grain farmers been able to produce good crops for the last two years- we would ALL be loving the ethanol mandate.Now its going to hurt- but the end result may be good for those that survive- this will definitely force people to pay the true value of food. [/QUOTE]
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