>>1678047

Two things…

1. I'm not good with graphics, but if you do a quick search for "US Dairy Farms Shutting Down", I think you will be shocked at what you find. They are shutting down left and right. They work through a co-op system, and large companies like Dean's are cancelling contracts. We've got an oversupply for now, but once those dairies shut down, they won't be coming back. At some point we will need them, and they will be gone.

1. Several years ago, husband anon and I toured a bio diesel facility that made a very high quality diesel out of soybeans. You never ever see that product now, do you? Funny how corn/ethanol is shoved down your throat, but the bio diesel people ended up pretty much shutting down. Corn people had more clout in congress than soybean people. It should be a function of demand, not what they TELL you you are going to get.

Fair Trade!!!

>>1678574

This is true. Also, once a farm shuts down, it's not just a labor issue. Farming churns a lot of money, and it costs an awful lot to get started. It's almost impossible for a random person with the dream of farming to begin from scratch and even really get started, much less make it successful in dairy or row crop operations–at least in the SE US. Small flowers/local veg/hobby farms, sure. But competitive operations, it's almost impossible. Once they shut down, they are gone.