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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (60123)	1/20/2001 5:38:26 PM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

yep, i feel sory for the guy...

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (60123)	1/20/2001 7:13:15 PM
From: Step1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Joel not directly to you but thought that farmers` headline was quite interesting... Also , (well this thread moves fast ...) farming and productivity where discussed earlier this week... >> biz.yahoo.com For Boyd and thousands of other American farmers growing key crops such as wheat and corn, farming has become a money-losing game that forces them to rely on government support checks to make ends meet. ``One of the questions I'm asking myself is, 'At what point do you say it doesn't make sense to do this?''' (my italics) Boyd said in an interview from his Meade, Kansas, home. <Snip> Troubles plaguing the nation's farmers are both as simple as a global imbalance in supply and demand and as complex as the myriad government programs that have paid out an estimated $24 billion since 1998 to keep farmers afloat. <snip> My two years spent in Alberta as a ranch hand when i was 18-20 are some of my best memories ever. Too bad agriculture is still such a mess... sg