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2011-02-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by tipper 2011-02-12 13:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Anthropomorphic Gerbil Worming blamed in 3,2,1.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-02-12 15:04|| 2011-02-12 15:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Feed me!! Feed me!!

Posted by Audrey the Plant 2011-02-12 15:58|| 2011-02-12 15:58|| Front Page Top

#3 And thanks to the judges in California, there are no crops in the central valley. What is generally called America's Salad Bowl is now a dust bowl.

Remember that a major reason those prices are skyrocketing is because US judges have pushed those farms out of the US. We have had a wonderful spring here in California, but the fields are bare.

Posted by crosspatch 2011-02-12 21:08|| 2011-02-12 21:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Now is the time to stock up on a few basic foods. Any grain products. Cereals shortly will go up in price and possibly out of stock as well. Farmers can't afford to feed animals but aren't getting anything at sale. So they are just holding on. Contract food buy in groups are being told contracts can't be honored due to act of God (Sysco Foods). Huge increases for restaurants.
Farmer I have their seeds, fertilizer and fuel contracts done. Hope is that with the grain increases they will pay down debt incurred to plant. Then next issue will be the weather. I knew a farmer that had to take valium to steady his nerves.

Posted by Dale 2011-02-12 23:22|| 2011-02-12 23:22|| Front Page Top

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