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   "Ken S. Tucker"  wrote in message   
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   > On May 9, 7:13 pm, "Don"  wrote:   
   >> "Kris Krieger"  wrote in message   
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   >> news:6sidnUSycKKzUbnVnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@earthlink.com...   
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   >> > "Don"  wrote in   
   >> >news:g01dv50309q@news4.newsguy.com:   
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   >> >> "Pat"> wrote   
   >> >>>I was up the road talking to a farmer.  The only corn he sells is at a   
   >> >>> roadside stand.  He planted LESS corn this year for sale.  He figures   
   >> >>> that corn prices are going to be so high that people will be buying   
   >> >>> less, so he's planting less so he isn't caught with extra corn.   
   >> >>> Hmmmm.   
   >>   
   >> >> Less is more.   
   >> >> That roadside stuff is going on around here all the time.   
   >> >> The farmer can grow 40 acres of corn and sell it to the gov't   
   >> >> (ethanol) for X and then pay taxes on the X.   
   >> >> Or.   
   >> >> He can grow 10 acres and sell it locally for X (due to gov't induced   
   >> >> increase in price) and keep all of it.   
   >> >> Its not rocket surgery.   
   >> >> The gov't long ago priced itself out of the market.   
   >>   
   >> > And personally, I'd much prefer paying farmers directly for produce,   
   >> > even   
   >> > a   
   >> > the same price, because it's not like most of them make all that great   
   >> > a   
   >> > living by farming - plus, it's so much fresher, and usually   
   >> > just-picked,   
   >> > as   
   >> > opposed to spending 3-7 days being shipped.  And it's local.   
   >>   
   >> > I have to fine a farmer's market here (havent' yet), but in the past,   
   >> > I've   
   >> > always gone to them, and/or local farmer's stands.  The quality is jsut   
   >> > so   
   >> > much better, and it benefits the farmers more.   
   >>   
   >> There's a small mom n pop grocery store over in Bean Blossom about 1.5   
   >> miles   
   >> from here and along the way there is no less than 5 small farms that have   
   >> stuff forsale on the front porch - the honor system.   
   >> Corn: 25 cents an ear, tomatoes: 50 cents each, cucumbers for a quarter,   
   >> etc.   
   >> Interestingly the mom n pop has a small section in the produce area where   
   >> they sell the local stuff and its always less expensive than the brand   
   >> name   
   >> stuff though some of it is not so purty.   
   >> My thinking is, it all ends up in the septic tank the next day so what   
   >> does   
   >> it matter what it looks like?   
   >> FWIW I don't eat much corn, its all sugar = baggage.   
   >> Maybe 3 times a year and 2 of them will be corn on the cob.   
   >   
   > As a brat *Corn on the Cob* was my ABSOLUTE   
   > favorite, hot dogs was a distant 2nd.   
   > NEVER EVER disparage C-on-C in my presence.   
   > I love it when wife freezes some and serves it at   
   > X-mas time, yummy.   
   > Ken   
      
   Looks like they rotate the crops around here, one year its corn and the next   
   year its soybeans, guess it has sumfink to do with the nutrients in the   
   soil.   
   Soy facilitates corn and vice versa.   
   Anyway, we went to the county fair last year and what do you think everybody   
   was walking around chomping on?   
   Yep, butter-dripping con on the cobs. Mmmmmm....   
   Nuthin like corn butter dripping off the bottom of your chin and running   
   down your arms.   
      
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