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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] Midwestt farming problems - 2009 Food shortages
  • Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:25:00 -0800 (PST)

First; I'm always skeptical of anything posted at the DailyKos. There is so
much blatant propaganda and lie-ing on the site (plus the emotional ,
irrational ,profane language, ). But, this is another agricultiral article
which I have read in the past couple of weeks and this author does seem
genuinely and rationally interested and somewhat personally knowledgeable
about the subject.. Lots of people are saying that 'food' could be a near
term problem - even here................................

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Excerpt:

" The Famine Of 2009 (updated 4x)

by Stranded Wind

Thu Nov 27, 2008 at 08:18:15 AM PST

Last week I received a very concerned call from South Dakota farmer and
agronomist Bryan Lutter. "Neal, we're out of propane!" I figured this was
personal distress – he and his family farm over three square miles of land
and I know this has been a tough year for many people. He promptly corrected
my misconception when I tried to console him. "No, everybody is out, all
three grain elevators, we can't get fuel for the bins, and we're coming in
real wet this year."

There are equally dramatic issues due to the bankruptcy of Verasun and the
apparent insolvency of the nation's largest private crop insurance program.
Payments that would have come in June or July of a normal year are still not
dispersed at the end of November and this has grim implications for next
year's crop.

I started digging into the details and unless I'm badly mistaken people are
going to be starving in 2009 over causes and conditions being set down right
now. It's a complex, interlocking issue, and I hope I've done a good job
explaining it below the fold ..."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/27/11143/168/114/667032








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