Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 , Excellent point. When I seem to be an apologist, it is because as one of the persons quoted by Pollan says " Sooner or later, everything morphs to the way the world is. " I am distrubed a some of what we do. field/ does not have time to wait for us on company farms so they do the best they can and hope not to get fined. I actually interviewed with them at one time and turned down a better job and nearly twice the pay I make for the state because they were only worried about getting fined and not good agronomic practices that could maximize utilization of swine waste. Many of the smaller farmers who get assistance from NC Cost share are contractors. What most have done is borrow from half to a million dollars to buy themselves a job. They will here 3-5 Mexicans and work like crazy to keep ahead and need all the help they can get, but as I said in an earlier post, if you are borrowing that much, why not get 10% more as the cost of doing business and do it right from the beginning? Bill Dunlap BTW, if I had my way Raw Milk would be legal in NC and I would make a good living on 50 acres with 20 cows. I accept NO government assistance on my farm. And don't really want any. ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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