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Posted by Paul in Mich on April 15, 2004 at 06:18:25 from (68.188.227.110):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: falling old equipment values posted by buickanddeere on April 14, 2004 at 05:37:06:
My grandfathers derelict brother went to his grave waiting for the buggy whip industry to make its comeback. You are right about one thing, The mega corporate farms have many things in common with the collective farms of the old Soviet Union in that the attention to detail is a constant challenge. Hired hands don't care about equipment maintainance to any degree approaching that of the small farmer. YOu may see them with new equipment, but it also has a banker somewhere making sure the payments get made on time. Hired men also don't have a vested interest in making sure the crops are planted on time or harvested on time, and therefore are often not willing to put in the necessary hours to get the work out when the work is there to be done. The turn over rate is great for that reason. Last Fall, we had a wind and sleet storm at the tail end of the corn harvesting season here in central Michigan. Most of the smaller farmers had their corn all harvested by the end of November. One of the larger "corporate" farms still had a lot of corn in the field, and ended up losing a lot of it because it was flattened. That which they were able to save took 3 times as long to harvest as it required slow going with the combines. I'm sure a lot of folks will disagree with your statement, but you are so right. YOu gotta think American farmers do a fantastic job when it takes less than 2% of the population to feed ourselves and a great deal of the rest of the world, whereas in most countries, over half of its population is required to maintain their ag industry.
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