Bubbles up
They will point you towards home
No matter how deep or how far you roam
They will show you the surface, the plot and the purpose
So, when the journey gets long
Just know that you are loved
There is light up above
And the joy is always enough
Bubbles up
College buddy from Ohio said today “We have the potential to buy 200 acres across the road from Dad’s place. Would need to borrow 60-65%. Payments don’t make sense. We’re better off using capital to improve existing land”
Nice reminder farm “growth” isn’t just through new land.
It feels like no one is willing to take a chance on making a new concept comedy movie anymore. We used to get a few new ones every year. Now it’s just all sequels and remakes of older comedies just to make money off nostalgia and move on. Kinda sad that’s what it’s become.
(2043, Lindsay Graham, being kept alive by stem cells extracted from the testicles of 5 year olds) of course the war with Iran was a mistake. We all know that. Qatar is different. They don’t let gay people drive
If any of our troops die in the Middle East, the responsibility lies squarely with Donald Trump. He started this war. He put our troops in the line of fire. He did it for Israel and his donors. He betrayed anti-war voters who believed in him. He owns the fallout and casualties.
The reality of farm automation will be absentee land barons “farming” from warm locales like Florida, Hawaii, the Bahamas, Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. while the employ a manager or two to service and oversee the entire op from corn country, right?
Isn’t that what’s going to happen if we go fully automated farming? Even less people in our rural communities while the land keeps getting mined and abused from afar?
Sounds distopian. Sounds lame.
Not sure what’s going to stop it, but hopefully we do.
More corn. 🎉 🌽
Bigger farms. Less people farming.
Less animals on the land. More culling for disease. Fewest cattle since 1951.
Less families on the land. Less kids in schools. School consolidations. Kids driving an hour for basketball practice and 3 hours for games. Parents working out of town. Dollar Generals on every corner. Mom and Pops closed long ago.
Less taxes collected. Years to replace bridges and other basic infrastructure.
Bigger fields and bushels. Less shelterbelts and more dust storms. More HP to pull bigger grain carts. More justification for the HP payments, so more fall and spring tillage.
More soil loss. More accidents on highways and more nutrients sent downstream to the Gulf. More fish kills and dirty water.
More people in cities. More crime. Less people out in the sun. More disease. Shorter lifespans. Bigger wastes.
And speaking of bigger wastes, more high fructose corn syrup in more processed foods, and now it’s more expensive while corn is worth less than it was in 2012.
More corn. 🎉 🌽
Enjoy the day! 🇺🇸
Godspeed.