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betterthanyou
· 8 years ago
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Tobacco farmers, hops, barley and other ingredients used to make alcohol farmers....
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guest
· 8 years ago
The people producing tobacco and liquor are poor. The companies are rich. Monsanto executives are rich, too.
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deleted
· 8 years ago
Pretty sure tobacco farmers are wayyyy worse off than crop farmers
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famousbirthdays
· 8 years ago
Not true wheat and corn sells for less than tobacco. The grains that you use everyday, all the time, sell for the cheapest. Not only that but we buy 200+ acres of land, combines for 200,000 dollars, plows, semis, etc. Non stop all day everyday we work. If we have a bad rain then we dont get paid that season. Farming sucks.
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deleted
· 8 years ago
What I'm trying to say is that tobacco farmers are exposed to way too much nicotine, I'm not just talking about money I'm talking about health
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famousbirthdays
· 8 years ago
Now that is true
deleted
· 8 years ago
I'm not an expert in this stuff but from what I have seen it's kinda sad how they get exposed to so much
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famousbirthdays
· 8 years ago
It really is and it is a lot of work
thethirdi
· 8 years ago
Have you seen a farm, even a small one? Of someone sold their farm of few acres and their equipment they would be millionaires. Farms are worth a load of money, especially if your land is in good spots
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aeacus
· 8 years ago
Jist because it's worth a lot does not mean it will sell for a lot
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thethirdi
· 8 years ago
You can sell for $3000 an acre and be rich before selling the equipment
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aeacus
· 8 years ago
What I'm saying is. If you're selling acres or equipment you won't always get what it's worth. It's more of a get what you can get or keep it kind of thing.
thethirdi
· 8 years ago
$3000 is a bit below average. $2000 is still fantastic
guest
· 8 years ago
The equipment alone is usually worth a shite load, and if you can't afford the equipment most governments will give you subsidies/aid to buy them
aeacus
· 8 years ago
Equiwnt doesn't always retain value either....
tony007
· 8 years ago
That's because in some countries, some farmers supply themselves with the food they harvested. Which makes them poor because they only met their basic needs. But most farmers are not poor.
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somespanishguy
· 8 years ago
The problem is that we now think that food will never run-out, so producers have to put lower prices to keep producing and winning money rather than get more money for it
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princessmonstertru
· 8 years ago
There are a LOT of very well-to-do farmers in the US.
somespanishguy
· 8 years ago
In Spain the government decided to take out the subsidy for milk producers and they had to impose a price floor so producers didn't have to leave the market
guest
· 8 years ago
That's a completely unfair comparison! Comparing farmers to corporations. Food corporations are also millionaires. Alcohol & tobacco is also made from ingredients gained from farming
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needmorec4
· 8 years ago
This post is stupid
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