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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/schmidt/2008/1215.html

This writer claims:  "Agri-Food is a rare investment theme. It does not have 
loan losses. It does not require government money to stay in business."

I think a number of us could take issue with that statement !!!!

I realize what the author's point is - that no matter what people need to 
eat, with or without government subsidies.  

The question might need to be asked if the gov't stopped dishing out the 
hand-outs, would big Ag continue to produce at reduced profits?  

Isn't that what James(?) was talking about last week?


BTW, the charts enclosed show that food prices are rising again... especially 
eggs, corn, wheat, broilers and (veggie?) oil.  






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No, last week James was talking about being a follower of Deepak Chopra, you 
know trhe Indian man who makes money selling books telling people their 
problems can be solved through high colonics <g>. 

If I'm wrong James just might correct me................

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--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:


> 
> This writer claims:  "Agri-Food is a rare investment
> theme. It does not have loan losses. It does not require
> government money to stay in business."
> 
> I think a number of us could take issue with that statement
> !!!!
> 
> I realize what the author's point is - that no matter
> what people need to eat, with or without government
> subsidies.  
> 
> The question might need to be asked if the gov't
> stopped dishing out the hand-outs, would big Ag continue to
> produce at reduced profits?  


> 
> Isn't that what James(?) was talking about last week?
> 
> 
> BTW, the charts enclosed show that food prices are rising
> again... especially eggs, corn, wheat, broilers and
> (veggie?) oil.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
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