Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 8, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2022 A monopoly in the making Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 6 minutes ago, Skidooski said: A monopoly in the making Rupert Murdoch bought 340,000 acres last year and there wasn't a peep about a monopoly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted July 8, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, spin_dry said: Rupert Murdoch bought 340,000 acres last year and there wasn't a peep about a monopoly. He must be a Republican party guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 8, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
favoritos Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 There is a lot of money and control tied up in owning farm land. It's a great way to take the farmer out of farming too. Capital outlay requirements are becoming prohibitive for anyone thinking about starting on their own. We are seeing a lot of outside investors buying land in our area. They are going in with the intention of "quick" return on the dollars. (That term is new in reference to farm land.) Those owner groups have also started to dictate the farm soil management methods. What crops, tillage practice, etc. I would expect an owner like Gates to start pushing carbon sequestration practices. I'm not going for or against those methods, but would caution people to remember production efficiency. We are not adding crop acres in this country. Food starts at the dirt. The cycle of outside owners has potential to become dangerous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted July 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted July 8, 2022 Fuck Bill Gates .... that slimy little grabbler is always up to something. And usually it's against his fellow man kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 14 hours ago, BOHICA said: Maybe like Ted Turner he will turn the land back into a natural state before the whiteman killed Indians to take. Just natural progression of Indians and buffalo range, to farmer, to a wealth philanthropist. Or the subsidies and tax credits . Hard to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted July 8, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ez ryder said: Or the subsidies and tax credits . Hard to say Tax codes, grants and subsidies do really favor farmers/ranchers Edited July 8, 2022 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsupercat Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 16 hours ago, Anler said: Why does he need all of that farmland? He needs it as an investment. Farmland is one of the few things that will increase in price over time and as long as it is farmed the taxes are very little. The only thing he is farming is money! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 5 hours ago, spin_dry said: Why does it matter what he does with the land? It's his money. This is America. If he has the cash he can buy up all the land he wants and use it as he sees fit. It's no one's business but his. Cuz he is a cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 7 hours ago, favoritos said: There is a lot of money and control tied up in owning farm land. It's a great way to take the farmer out of farming too. Capital outlay requirements are becoming prohibitive for anyone thinking about starting on their own. We are seeing a lot of outside investors buying land in our area. They are going in with the intention of "quick" return on the dollars. (That term is new in reference to farm land.) Those owner groups have also started to dictate the farm soil management methods. What crops, tillage practice, etc. I would expect an owner like Gates to start pushing carbon sequestration practices. I'm not going for or against those methods, but would caution people to remember production efficiency. We are not adding crop acres in this country. Food starts at the dirt. The cycle of outside owners has potential to become dangerous. Micromanaging/meddling landowners are the worst. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 20 hours ago, spin_dry said: Rupert Murdoch bought 340,000 acres last year and there wasn't a peep about a monopoly. Fuck him too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 12:44 PM, BOHICA said: Tax codes, grants and subsidies do really favor farmers/ranchers Yeah the farm bill is a yearly shit show that needs to be 100% cut every part even the largest portion of it gone . Let the states do what they want 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:25 AM, spin_dry said: Why does it matter what he does with the land? It's his money. This is America. If he has the cash he can buy up all the land he wants and use it as he sees fit. It's no one's business but his. As long as he keeps his shit to him self and dose not attempt to use his stake as a opertunity to push how he thinks crops should be grown in to local laws to be used on his neighbors he will never see in his life . And funny for you to bring it up as you are the op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger** Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 If anyone knows Bill, tell him I got some forestland I would like to sell him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 8:51 AM, spin_dry said: Rupert Murdoch bought 340,000 acres last year and there wasn't a peep about a monopoly. You are the fucking OP . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Always Bill Gates at the center but he has nothing to do with anything. One of the Picnics got torched today. Good riddance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Burn it down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Bill needs somewhere to bury all the bodies when we all die from the 5G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 2 hours ago, ArcticCrusher said: Always Bill Gates at the center but he has nothing to do with anything. One of the Picnics got torched today. Good riddance. Shit is getting real in the Netherlands and zero coverage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 22 hours ago, Ez ryder said: Shit is getting real in the Netherlands and zero coverage Yup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 1:56 PM, Anler said: Cuz he is a cunt He’s just a typical billionaire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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