Jay Honeck wrote:
Our area farmers can't afford the fuel prices when they were "good" as
compared to now. Many here have simply started raising cattle. Rice,
soybeans, sugercane and wheat can't produce a profit at the current market
price they bring...

Good! Maybe they will stop over-producing and allow the price to rise back
to a profitable level?

Imports from other countries won't allow for that. Lots of countries
won't take our exports...

Oh, wait -- the Feds keep paying them tax money whether it's profitable to
till the land, or not.

The actually pay us to not plant in some cases...

Never mind....

Is that something like *geaux fish*?