Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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As a farmer, I feel that link is part true, part bowlsheet.
Yea, got to interject this part... would of done better with this below left out.
Anyone who believes that COVID wasn’t designed to do just this very thing needs to look at the evidence.
By design, it’s slowly taking America down!
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Maybe you need to go to the towns where the processor's are located and tell those candy [censored] workers to git back to work. Agreed, American workers in the last 10-15 yrs have become the biggest group of wussies, pussies, and complainers with management coddling them right along, regardless of age groups or race, or gender all 37 of them (I think that's their present count?)
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Then why are so many getting sick? Because Americans are fat and out of shape.. why is it that the young dont die at the same rate.. they tend to be healther in the Detroit area we had one young girl die of it and she had other issues and Detroit is being hit hard
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Then why are so many getting sick? Because Americans are fat and out of shape.. why is it that the young dont die at the same rate.. they tend to be healther in the Detroit area we had one young girl die of it and she had other issues and Detroit is being hit hard I thought the question was more directed at "why are so many of the meat processors getting sick, if they already wear masks?"
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Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Then why are so many getting sick? Because Americans are fat and out of shape.. why is it that the young dont die at the same rate.. they tend to be healther in the Detroit area we had one young girl die of it and she had other issues and Detroit is being hit hard I thought the question was more directed at "why are so many of the meat processors getting sick, if they already wear masks?" What is wrong with you.. you think thery dont come into contact with other people,,, not everyone wears a mask 24/7
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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You ever see who works in these plants, yes mostly packed in Mexicans, from the chicken plants in GA to the pork plants in CO, mexicans packed in as tight as they can get them. What pisses me off, at the store yesterday I asked a mexican this, "Why no mask my friend" and his reply was "no check, no mask" they dont give a rats azz. Id love to have a old immigration van to drive around. As far as we dont grow our food, ive 600 head of cattle currently, 1200 acres of crops in as of today. And half of my 5 acre garden in, this stuff impacts me none. Some of us will come out of this like it never happened, others should of been more prepared vs living check to check and driving around credit on 4 wheels. Honestly, mother nature needs to clean house a bit more and let this virus eat. Maybe, just maybe when this is all done some folks might live a bit more within there means and be more responsible. The most ironic thing ive seen is, everyone wants the gov. to leave them alone and stay out of there business, now most are begging hat in hand from individual to states. Sadly Funny. Some Americans feel they are above manual work or things that are not pleasant to them, so then we have whats in the link below. This is a great time for a restructure and not in the green way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...ial-us-economy-deserve-federal-help-too/
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Myself or the wife.. we dont have to worry about where we get food.. I hunt, fish and have a garden [/quote] x2 --- I have various animals on my rural property every day. Plus my son and I have a a farm in northern Michigan. We have chickens, ducks and turkey. In addition - another large garden and acres of berries.
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Come on dude, your call to action is posting a link from a crackpot and thats it? Rev. Scott Anthony ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @ScottAnthonyUSA I didn't post this to squabble over political details or, start a vegan vs meat debate. It's a call to action.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Come on dude, your call to action is posting a link from a crackpot and thats it? Rev. Scott Anthony ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @ScottAnthonyUSA I didn't post this to squabble over political details or, start a vegan vs meat debate. It's a call to action. Why don't you look for skeletons in Shad Sullivan's closet, and see if he's a crackpot.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Your still a silly poster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmp_BjXxEcU Half the [censored] hes saying is untrue, I know this factually, I know whats happening in my region and with my neighbors and myself. I could sell my 600 head of cattle today, I could sell them in lots of 50 to a processor 6 miles from me. No one here is plowing fields under. Whatever your kick is, good luck. But it sure as hell isnt mine or farmers/ranchers here. So what is your point, your message your trying to get across and what is your standing in the ranching farming community? Come on dude, your call to action is posting a link from a crackpot and thats it? Rev. Scott Anthony ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @ScottAnthonyUSA I didn't post this to squabble over political details or, start a vegan vs meat debate. It's a call to action. Why don't you look for skeletons in Shad Sullivan's closet, and see if he's a crackpot.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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It's great you all that have 2000+ acres. Not everyone can, there isn't enough room. I've got some acreage to grow some vegetables and there will be chickens soon but since we just bought this place we are only starting. Not everyone is so blessed and they depend on those that are.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Lol! I wish I could have afforded to buy 160 acres across the road from my dads place a few years back before I got sick and dad passed away! I was even approved for the loan. It was purchased by taxpayers. Well...Taxpayer money that went to a millionaire farmer. And yes. I know him personally. My wife and I can vegetables for the winter and have been buying 1/4 of beef from the same farmer for over ten years.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Myself or the wife.. we don't have to worry about where we get food.. I hunt, fish and have a garden x2 --- I have various animals on my rural property every day. Plus my son and I have a a farm in northern Michigan. We have chickens, ducks and turkey. In addition - another large garden and acres of berries. Where is your other place.. we have 8 acres here in Romeo and 75 acres in Oscoda at our other place [/quote] I have 3 acres west of you in Addison Twp. and the farm is near Rapid City, just south of Torch Lake. We have 30 acres that we just planted 200 blueberries bushes on (plus all the birds). Best of all, we can hit the hole in West Grand Traverse Bay and fill the cooler with these big boys on the weekend. We are planning a produce stand later this summer when stuff is ready to pick. It will be another year till the strawberries are ready to sell commercially.
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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People that live as self reliant, or self reliantly as they choose are better adapted to get through this being smart and planning ahead. I don't have big acerage (4 ac) but could do with less land and still take care of wife and I and our daughter's family of 4 food needs. Rather than sit back and see if the relaxing of restrictions works, do yourselves a favor a plant a few things. Container gardening works fine. I can think of several garden foods that don't take much room and yield many lbs of food. While at it plant some "keeper type veggies. winter squash, beets, carrots come to mind. I could raise a cow or 3 on our land irrigated, hogs, lots of fowl, but choose not. I hunt and fish too, problem is if things get tight don't expect much time for hunting an fishing, probably need to spend time tending to things on your own property and make sure things don't get compromised.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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We have our peas,carrots, and string beans in the ground. I have 40 tomato plants sitting in the sun. I gave my aunt and uncle 5 plants as they are getting old for planting a garden.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Plenty of meat available.
Agreed, Covid could be the new "Soylent Green" to feed the masses....
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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If a persons city or county would not be a road block a person could do alot with an acre or two.
A person could buy or hatch there own chicks, I hatch alot of mine and end up with alot of roosters, but whey they are old enough they are still meat. Last time I did roosters I did 25 in an afternoon, not alot of fun though.
Back to what the op posted about, maybe with all the money the gov gives farmers some may figure it might just be cheaper to buy from others, long before the big exports and gov. handouts we still did well but so that tells me the farming industry has been messed up since the 80=s if one cant make it on there own. This new stuff is just adding to an old pile.
I left and went to the military, college and some other things and returned to farming and I think the average age of the American Farmer is near 70? And boy do most live way behind the curve, farmers, heck white people in general need to step up or get left behind vs complaining.
I did not grow up here, god help the gene pool, id not like to think my small area was as behind and stuck in the bowl haircut, nuclear family days like most still are around here.
Im not happy to write this and sound neg. about things, I love where I live and my community, good honest people but dam, so far lagging in so many ways.
I dont live large, id bet my one farmhouse is worth less then a new fully loaded dodge diesel, but no debt, a shop full of mopars and most importantly im happy.
This was less then a month ago.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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The one thing I need to read up on is making BEER.. if I could make that then we wouldnt have to go to the store for much.. the wife has a friend that does pretty good at it so I might have to contact him
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Oh, I counted 12 rabbits playing in my back yard this am, can we still eat them? I know some small game over the years you cant eat anymore or a certain time of the year.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Alot make there own these days, id think it might not be super hard. I know a couple that go one time a year to I think just outside of St Louis and get 15-20 gallons of moonshine, they pay a good bit if I recall. We have oil here and natural gas, id like to figure out if it is possible to make gas or diesel or for that matter we got corn and corn and corn and more corn. The one thing I need to read up on is making BEER.. if I could make that then we wouldnt have to go to the store for much.. the wife has a friend that does pretty good at it so I might have to contact him
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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You are not in touch with most of the country, an acre or two is way out of reach for most people especially on the coasts. My home in FL sits on 1/2 acre. My home in WV sits on 15 acres, is larger than the FL home and was bought for about half the price. But you have to want to live here, the closest store is an hour away, Home Depot two hours away. There is no cell service, only satellite TV and internet and it sucks out loud. The TV is unwatchable. Like I said, consider yourself lucky I guess because you do live in Kansas anyway. Not everyone can do that, I know I couldn't. Endless flat land with miles and miles of nothing, no thanks but good for you.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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You are not in touch with most of the country,
Yep, Id agree with that a bit.
Luckly, I can pull antenna tv from 165 miles away on a 35 foot tower, im right on the internet 2 route and pull from fiber optics so ive great internet, some are still on dial up copper.
My new cell works inside but no data for miles.
Jones, do you think you and your lady can be happy full time there in WV, I think you will grow to love it, but good internet and cell would make it a bit better id think. My internet is costly, but fast and has never ever went down, if I had crap internet id not be so happy.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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[quote=Mr. Potatohead]Alot make there own these days, id think it might not be super hard. I know a couple that go one time a year to I think just outside of St Louis and get 15-20 gallons of moonshine, they pay a good bit if I recall. We have oil here and natural gas, id like to figure out if it is possible to make gas or diesel or for that matter we got corn and corn and corn and more corn. You would have to own the mineral rights on the property first to pull gas or oil off of it
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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So I have to stay away a min 6' from everyone, I have to wash my hands after touching anything, I need to sanitize anything I touch, but its OK to eat any meat from a meat processor that has literally hundreds of untested employees who are less then 6' apart, are wearing masks, ordered by law to re main at work against their will (rights?), and are still dying from COIVD? But people were previously worried about a pizza parlor cook touching an uncooked pizza going into a 500F oven? Well jcc, I'd hope you ain't gonna eat your hamburger & steak raw!
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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You are not in touch with most of the country,
Yep, Id agree with that a bit.
Luckly, I can pull antenna tv from 165 miles away on a 35 foot tower, im right on the internet 2 route and pull from fiber optics so ive great internet, some are still on dial up copper.
My new cell works inside but no data for miles.
Jones, do you think you and your lady can be happy full time there in WV, I think you will grow to love it, but good internet and cell would make it a bit better id think. My internet is costly, but fast and has never ever went down, if I had crap internet id not be so happy. We absolutely love it here but I will be the first to admit that it isn't for everybody. In fact probably not for most. Many have been griping about being isolated now but it's a way of life here. Now in all fairness all of the 15 acres are not useable land. About 5 acres are cleared in the holler but some of that is taken up by the two streams running through it. The other 10 are mountain. It's gorgeous scenery, just not real useful except for hunting.
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I work in a packing plant. We process 13-1500 sows a day. We are running balls out. We are going to start running butcher hogs on Saturdays because one of other plants can't get hogs.
I can't help but think retailers might be creating some of the shortages themselves. I was in Walmart the other day (our biggest customer) and there were none of our products in the cooler. That's really weird since they are getting every bit of the product they order. It was also odd since the previous three times the cooler was full, but beef was empty. It was reversed the other day.
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Just think if the nightly news said there was gonna be a shortage of hand soap or beer or even socks, you know there would be a run on any and all mentioned.
I think its all just getting really stupid.
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The one thing I need to read up on is making BEER.. if I could make that then we wouldnt have to go to the store for much.. the wife has a friend that does pretty good at it so I might have to contact him It's not hard at all. About $150 in equipment and a source for extract kits and you're in. Some guys do it from all grains but I haven't got that far yet. Lots of sources for extract kits so that's how I do it. Just cracked open a bottle of Golden Ale last night from my most recent batch. Finishing up a Saison batch and a couple bottles of Session IPA still to go. Next up...an American Pale Ale. Then the wife wants me to do a batch of seltzer(White Claw) Edit: Here's a starter kit.....add a LP burner and you're brewing...or some guys use the stove. You'll need some bottles https://www.northernbrewer.com/coll...ts/brew-share-enjoy-homebrew-starter-kit
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[quote=Mr. Potatohead] I know a couple that go one time a year to I think just outside of St Louis and get 15-20 gallons of moonshine, they pay a good bit if I recall.
There is no need to go down south. There are some nice folks in the Leonard area that make some good apple-jack shine! I would live to build a still and dabble in this!
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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There are some nice folks in the Leonard area that make some good apple-jack shine! Cough, cough, thats really more of the area I was talking about just didnt want to post it. quote=RobG] I know a couple that go one time a year to I think just outside of St Louis and get 15-20 gallons of moonshine, they pay a good bit if I recall.
There is no need to go down south. There are some nice folks in the Leonard area that make some good apple-jack shine! I would live to build a still and dabble in this!
STOP POTATO HATE!
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
[Re: Mr PotatoHead]
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04/30/20 02:53 PM
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All 'Shine' starts as BEER. Once you have the brewed beer, minus hops, you just strain off the liquid from the wort, run the beer thru the still a few times and discard the used wort. Used wort is good feed filler for cattle or goats. Any thing can be brewed into raw beer. The more raw sugar in the plant the better. Blackberry vines, potatoes, corn, sugar cane..... I know a guy that has a Whisky distellry. He is buying beer from our local distributors that is pulled off the store shelf's due to age or not selling. He runs it thru his still 4 times and all the hop flavor is gone. He is buying CASES of Corona Especial real CHEAP. This Corona is still good beer but he can not resell it, nor can he give it away. It must be dumped into his wort vat.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
[Re: Dave_J]
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04/30/20 03:21 PM
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All 'Shine' starts as BEER. Once you have the brewed beer, minus hops, you just strain off the liquid from the wort, run the beer thru the still a few times and discard the used wort. Used wort is good feed filler for cattle or goats. Any thing can be brewed into raw beer. The more raw sugar in the plant the better. Blackberry vines, potatoes, corn, sugar cane..... I know a guy that has a Whisky distellry. He is buying beer from our local distributors that is pulled off the store shelf's due to age or not selling. He runs it thru his still 4 times and all the hop flavor is gone. He is buying CASES of Corona Especial real CHEAP. This Corona is still good beer but he can not resell it, nor can he give it away. It must be dumped into his wort vat. You are using the term “Beer” extremely loosely. Moonshine can be made from anything from pure sugar to fruits, and, corn, and many other grains than barley.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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All 'Shine' starts as BEER. Once you have the brewed beer, minus hops, you just strain off the liquid from the wort, run the beer thru the still a few times and discard the used wort. Used wort is good feed filler for cattle or goats. Any thing can be brewed into raw beer. The more raw sugar in the plant the better. Blackberry vines, potatoes, corn, sugar cane..... I know a guy that has a Whisky distellry. He is buying beer from our local distributors that is pulled off the store shelf's due to age or not selling. He runs it thru his still 4 times and all the hop flavor is gone. He is buying CASES of Corona Especial real CHEAP. This Corona is still good beer but he can not resell it, nor can he give it away. It must be dumped into his wort vat. You are using the term “Beer” extremely loosely. Moonshine can be made from anything from pure sugar to fruits, and, corn, and many other grains than barley. Yes, loosely used term of making the pre fermented product. I kind of skipped a lot. Yes BEER is a un distilled wort. Wort can be made from many different starchy/sugary stuff. To make basic shine you can use a liquid like sugar or molasses. But most will make a mash of different items of grains. The mash is most times cooked down to a syrupy liquid. The liquid is strained off. The mash is most times dumped or fed to livestock. Sometimes some mash is saved to start a Sour Mash. What comes out as liquid is a slurry of unfiltered wort. So you filter the wort and add any sugary to boost the fermenting. Each wort has a different flavor depending on what its brewed with and added. Like juniper berry's to flavor gin Distilled RICE wort, Soju is one that will kick your butt. But some Korean makers used to add just a bit more formaldehyde as a preservative. Slight amounts of formaldehyde will show up in brewing but not enough to cause much problem. But O-B beer and Osker beer in Korea were known to have higher than natural amounts. I like rice with my Teriyaki, but rice does not belong in Beer. This is a Mopar site so a moonshine class its not.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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05/03/20 05:33 PM
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In USA's winter time we buy fruit and viggies from Chile. During our growing season up here in USA we sell fruit and Veggies back to Chile during their winter time.
Yes in USA the average person will not accept working the long hard hours that a Migrant worker will. The large Corp farming groups exploit the migrant workers, paying them below minimum wage and then charging them rent and other things. What money the migrant workers can save they send most of it back home to feed their families there.
So to get this all back to USA workers doing the work in USA, the pay would need to triple and health beni's paid, so the costs at the store would need to quadruple..... No win.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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05/05/20 04:10 PM
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In USA's winter time we buy fruit and viggies from Chile. During our growing season up here in USA we sell fruit and Veggies back to Chile during their winter time.
Yes in USA the average person will not accept working the long hard hours that a Migrant worker will. The large Corp farming groups exploit the migrant workers, paying them below minimum wage and then charging them rent and other things. What money the migrant workers can save they send most of it back home to feed their families there.
So to get this all back to USA workers doing the work in USA, the pay would need to triple and health beni's paid, so the costs at the store would need to quadruple..... No win. Another option: automate everything. I just sent a custom circuit board off to a client that's developing a system to photograph and determine if certain fruit is ready to be picked, then have a robot reach out and gently pick it. These systems can work pretty much whenever, and while they need high wage people to design them, they don't need hardly anyone to run them. And they don't get sick like humans, or poo in the fields causing other outbreaks, or need health insurance.
If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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Maybe I'm a skeptic but I see these plants like Tyson using this as a way to make more money.
Step 1 - Tell everyone that the meat supplies are going to dry up and create a panic buy like the great toilet paper rush of 2020. Step 2 - Close a few plant and tell farmers they can't buy their products because of low production. This creates price drop from the surplus animals. Step 3 - Step back and enjoy the money from higher prices, lower labor, and lower supply costs.
I won't be buying Tyson again. What's that phrase that gets tossed around? "Never let a good crisis go to waste." The meat packing plants definitely have a problem with the virus going around, so it probably is a good thing to close them for a while. That doesn't mean that Tyson won't take advantage of it in the meantime, I just don't think it's the primary reason they're closing plants. But I could be wrong
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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05/05/20 05:08 PM
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In USA's winter time we buy fruit and viggies from Chile. During our growing season up here in USA we sell fruit and Veggies back to Chile during their winter time.
Yes in USA the average person will not accept working the long hard hours that a Migrant worker will. The large Corp farming groups exploit the migrant workers, paying them below minimum wage and then charging them rent and other things. What money the migrant workers can save they send most of it back home to feed their families there.
So to get this all back to USA workers doing the work in USA, the pay would need to triple and health beni's paid, so the costs at the store would need to quadruple..... No win. Another option: automate everything. I just sent a custom circuit board off to a client that's developing a system to photograph and determine if certain fruit is ready to be picked, then have a robot reach out and gently pick it. These systems can work pretty much whenever, and while they need high wage people to design them, they don't need hardly anyone to run them. And they don't get sick like humans, or poo in the fields causing other outbreaks, or need health insurance. You build PCB’s in the USA? That’s rare, I worked for a prototype shop from 88 to 99. Most of that industry went to Singapore in the 90’s.
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Re: I have to share this-words from a cattle farmer
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05/05/20 05:41 PM
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You build PCB’s in the USA? That’s rare, I worked for a prototype shop from 88 to 99. Most of that industry went to Singapore in the 90’s. Yes, but it's all low volume stuff, like the Fan Controller The bare PCBs are made in the US, and I found a smaller assembly house in the US that is remarkably inexpensive and does good work. The board in question was a single prototype I hand assembled and tested (and wrote the software for). Hopefully they'll need more
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