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In reply to the discussion: Trump suggests US will buy Argentinian beef to bring down prices for American consumers [View all]jeffreyi
(2,463 posts)37. Hay prices are in the tank, also.
At least where I live. High quality orchardgrass horse hay, organic alfalfa dairy hay, all of it.
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Trump suggests US will buy Argentinian beef to bring down prices for American consumers [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Monday
OP
Any suspicion about the trump crime family making a bundle on OUR 20B tax $ going to ARG?
mpcamb
Tuesday
#76
FAFO dumb ass Trump voting farmers who have already seen Trump kill America's sorghum market to ...
Botany
Monday
#6
Acorns can be eaten. But they, too have to be boiled. I wanted to try this. I figured I could find enough acorns
3Hotdogs
Monday
#11
Native Americans would place acorns in a basket and anchor them in a stream, so they got a long soaking & washing ...
eppur_se_muova
Monday
#49
Soybeans are actually fairly toxic until cooked. Makes you wonder who figured that out, and how ....
eppur_se_muova
Monday
#41
The soybeans American farmers grow aren't what is used for tofu though
questionseverything
Monday
#55
Try other brands, or try other soy dishes. If not adequately cooked, soy beans can cause quite a few problems.
eppur_se_muova
Monday
#44
This will screw all of the cattle farmers, but also the grain farmers who grow the food for these animals.
mackdaddy
Monday
#10
if there is one powerful lobby group that won't put up with this shit, it's the beef lobby. nt
Javaman
Monday
#16
The billions so far pay the Wall Street bond holders...this purchase pays the Wall Street agribusiness investors
Prairie Gates
Monday
#24
Yep, bronxite. Give with one hand, take with the other and we're not supposed to notice.
Deuxcents
Tuesday
#81
OR keep ICE away from the meat packing plants. They're really hurting production. nt
eppur_se_muova
Monday
#45
Sell a bunch of soybeans to Argentina, the last I heard we weren't selling to China anymore.
Uncle Joe
Monday
#40
Well, at least we're getting some soybeans back -- after a huge value-added markup.
eppur_se_muova
Monday
#38
You're not kidding. They almost pulled it off in Nov. 2016 - but the reformist Buenos Aires mayor wouldn't approve it
peppertree
Tuesday
#73
The amounts are such - that restaurants buy it all up before it could reach any store shelves
peppertree
Tuesday
#80
Remember, in '98, when they sued Oprah after she aired a video clip showing REVOLTING slaughterhouse conditions?
peppertree
Tuesday
#74