For the farmers that are turning their crops under.. I dont understand.. the farmer already spent the
money on the crops all the lime and fertilizer and seed.. the money was spent so now is the wrong
time to turn it under.. you do that at the beginning of the season when you dont have anything
invested in it

Strong relationships with leaders outside and inside a republic is paramount when we need a unified front. Keep in mind it's not the little guys. We simply suffer the burden.

I am curious is any carry Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI)

MPCI policies must be purchased prior to planting and cover loss of crop yields from all types of natural causes including drought, excessive moisture, freeze and disease. Newer coverage options combine yield protection and price protection to guard farmers against potential loss in revenue, whether due to low yields or changes in market price.

Crop insurance is your friend...

This I understand but you need to get it in the beginning of the season.. the pics I seen
were them tuning under a existing crop which to me is a waste.. but the little bit of farming
do doent matter in relationship... I will have to get my stuff in in about 1 month

Mike...I am sure it varies by state. I can't remember the cut off date in Iowa but I am sure it must be sometime in March or early April.

Anyone wanting to head off potential shortages later this spring and summer may consider starting the little, or big plots now. Ours may be a little larger than ordinary plot that is 45 x 65 with high yeild crops to help family and friends.
Save small food containers (yogurt, sour cream, etc) to get seeds started.Think high quality, high yield. zucchini, yellow squash, scallop squash one plant each should yield enough for a family of 4. A cherry or other indeterminate tomato (vs a determinate) will produce tomatoes all season (determinate tends to ripen all at once at end of season, for canning). Peas now, beans later, do a little research and don't over-do it.

What part? You don't work you don't need as much food part? You don't work=less money= less food? Unless you are welfare trash you have to work, I am talking about the working middle class.

Born on the farm , razed on the farm ..

Things are not like they were at one time .Now, most of it is corporate farming . Sure, there is still some family farms but, they work incredible large plots of land ,

The equipment is beyond large , the combine heads which legally are told to take off to transport from place to place, rarely do .. 25-30 feet wide, take the entire road

The tractors are gigantic and ruin roads, bridges .. and, they pay ZERO road use tax . .. it is nothing to see 2-3 million dollars of equipment working a 100 acre field around here

We have corporate owned dairy's about 5 miles from me -- 16,000 head being milked 24/7/365 , the amount of hog confinements and all the waste they produce is unbelievable .

They all get huge government subsidies .. local farmer , has received near 4 million in the last 15 years ..

He spends all of that , on tractor pulls .. has several beautiful tractors .. I'd guess his building and tractors trucks to haul them would be near 2 million

Tough times indeed ..


Don't believe what the media wants to show you ..

Dumping milk, threatening to kill livestock , etc .. old ploys been here for years

snipet from 1983

https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0121/012160.html

''You kill hogs and dump milk and you get the spotlight,'' says NFO president DeVon Woodland, a cattle rancher from Blackfoot, Idaho. ''

For those crops still harvested by hand - how much of that work force has been told to shelter in place, in the traditional places like Florida and California where a lot of our produce comes from?

Myself I have only reduced my intake by about 5% to a max of 10% only because I want to loose
some weight.. I still do most of what I did all along.. tonight the wife and I are ordering a pizza
which we rarely do.. we tend to eat at home 95% of the time

Last week three local farmers had their chicken flocks destroyed. Processor is not running and they were ready to ship out this week. I don't know how many thousand chickens were killed, but lots. It's a shame....

Still busting butt on the property. Setback yesterday afternoon and this morning chasing no spark on the mower. Getting it going for the first time is always a challenge even though I run all fuel out lube and change oil in the fall. Problem was a pesky interlock under the seat that requires me to be setting upon to start. Contacts must have corroded so de=oxit sprayed on fixed it, only after chasing every other connection and circuit. Finished up after lunch and my post above and spent 4 hours mowing orchard and cover crop on garden area. Tilling in the next day or three.
With the nice weather and garden work I've lost 6 # down to 183 @ 6'1" Feeling pretty fit @ 62. I got leftovers and an organic chicken apple sausage, and an unmemorable vegetable for dinner. Ice cream is calling me now.

i don't know the wiring specifics of your riding mower.
my POS 17hp craftsman has the safety seat switch. it was having problems with it that's why i got it really cheap. i just connected both wires going to the switch bypassing the switch entirely. mower will stay running even when i am not sitting in the seat. i have no problems with that. been like that for 10 years now.

Reminds me of my days in the service, we had a switch on the gear labeled "battle short" that would bypass all safety interlocks.

Most of my lawn gear has a battle short installed in it these days.

I jump those safeties also.. those things can be a PITA

How do you explain all the obese unemployed welfare cases !!!

umm,......... "happy meals" ?

Now that I have it operating it's ohm meter time so I can figure how to jump the 4 wires. actually 3, as one is factory jumped with a short length of wire on incoming electrical terminal connector housing. Thing is either 14 or 15 years old, only had to replace a few things (fuel tank, fuel lines, carb, several tune-ups (kohler 20 hp) and wheels on the mower deck.

Mine is a 61" zero turn and when I would be flying along I would bounce off the seat and
it would try to kill the engine so I removed all of the safeties