Grenades tend to blow up in all directions. First salvo. More will come.
Grenades tend to blow up in all directions. First salvo. More will come.
I don't care a great deal about the trade deficit TBH. I thought it would be worse than that. It's all swings & roundabouts. We have a relatively small population, we need to trade so we're more focused on export markets.You mention a trade deficit with the US with a "we don't like it tone". Maybe you can see how we feel then about China etc.
Agriculture is difficult . It falls under national security , not trade.Tell that to a farmer...That was going to open huge markets.
Oh, do tell. I suppose manufacturing and banking is going to be a national security issue now, since that's the only club Donny has left.Agriculture is difficult . It falls under national security , not trade.Tell that to a farmer...That was going to open huge markets.
Uh, no. Car companies wanted government funding to replant factories. Gov said no....Australia used to make cars & export them. Not any more with cheaper cars from overseas, not to mention unions pricing themselves out of a job.
Farmers around the world get it. They all want a fair crack. Politicians and corporations want money. Once again, the poor fellows in the fields get fucked over.I'll admit to it being a selfish comment. Markets are really tight right now and it hurts to watch neighbors go under. One neighbor hung himself a few weeks ago. He couldn't pull another note for the seed this year. Nice guy too.
Those of us that make it don't rely on farm income. We also have 'real' jobs.Farmers around the world get it. They all want a fair crack. Politicians and corporations want money. Once again, the poor fellows in the fields get fucked over.
Sorry about your neighbor. And neighbors.
Subsidies, plus a second job , are common for most farmers in the developed world.Those of us that make it don't rely on farm income. We also have 'real' jobs.
not my cousins olive grove. They are part of a consortium of 4 other groves in their area in Southern Italy near Bari. Their grove has around 4000 Olive trees and each tree can make around 1-1.5 gallons of EVOO ...the good shit. The REAL good shit (think SUPER KIND BUD) They are getting approx. $250-$300/gal. . each grove there makes about the same. The 5 families combine resources, no govt. subsidies for them. After all is said and done, they are able to pay their employees (only a handful) keep the groove healthy and have a modest living in a beautiful farmhouse with everything they want. Obviously it varies from area to area, country to country... this year the price is going up because most of the olive consortiums had a bad year in production....Subsidies, plus a second job , are common for most farmers in the developed world.
without subsidies places like Switzerland would not produce any agricultural products.
a mediteranean olive grove is all about subsidies.
Agriculture, fishing will alway be different...case by case, country by country
The CAP is complex. I would not know how to interpret its direct impact on any particular farm .not my cousins olive grove. They are part of a consortium of 4 other groves in their area in Southern Italy near Bari. Their grove has around 4000 Olive trees and each tree can make around 1-1.5 gallons of EVOO ...the good shit. The REAL good shit (think SUPER KIND BUD) They are getting approx. $250-$300/gal. . each grove there makes about the same. The 5 families combine resources, no govt. subsidies for them. After all is said and done, they are able to pay their employees (only a handful) keep the groove healthy and have a modest living in a beautiful farmhouse with everything they want. Obviously it varies from area to area, country to country... this year the price is going up because most of the olive consortiums had a bad year in production....
Investing your Ethanol subsidies?Those of us that make it don't rely on farm income. We also have 'real' jobs.
I would like to know more about ethanol subsides...from a farmers perspective .Investing your Ethanol subsidies?
If it is just a bargaining chip, then Trump is hosed on his "national security" excuse and the WTO will calll him on it. I think all that came afterwards, though. He's rattled and he threw a tantrum, popped out a giant squirrel to occupy the headlines, then had to justify it.Are Trump's Tariffs really only a bargaining chips?
"President Donald Trump has turned his steel tariffs from a tool for protecting national security into a bargaining chip offered to Canada and Mexico to seal a quick deal on Nafta".
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/steel-tariffs-transform-into-nafta-chip-as-trump-plays-dealmaker
Sounds like a barganing chip.Are Trump's Tariffs really only a bargaining chips?
"President Donald Trump has turned his steel tariffs from a tool for protecting national security into a bargaining chip offered to Canada and Mexico to seal a quick deal on Nafta".
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-06/steel-tariffs-transform-into-nafta-chip-as-trump-plays-dealmaker
past two years, the olive yield has been lower....I've only been able to smuggle a gal. of the good stuff when in the past, my cousin has been able to ship me 5 gal. of liquid love....we don't discuss "family" with my cousinThe CAP is complex. I would not know how to interpret its direct impact on any particular farm .
For olives, in the past it was paid per tree to the owner of the tree, the land , not necessarily the person who rents the land .
this was the angle that the Mafia played.
At present 2.5 billion euros per year goes to olive oil subsidies .
Italy is having a big problem with olive tree disease
https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/where-the-olive-trees-are-dying-report-on-xylella/59847
I got the distinct impression The 'Ndràngheta are not spoken about publicly in Calabria.past two years, the olive yield has been lower....I've only been able to smuggle a gal. of the good stuff when in the past, my cousin has been able to ship me 5 gal. of liquid love....we don't discuss "family" with my cousin
Yes they were/are desperate to fuck over our PBS (pharmaceutical benefits scheme) which negotiates & bulk-buys drugs too. Not to mention 'evergreening' drug patents by bringing out a minor variant that does nothing new clinically, withholding clinical trial data used to get approval from 3rd parties etc etc.Mismoyled Jiblet. said:Highlights how US Corps have been more interested in finding ways to fuck other countrys over by market manipulation - right now the drug companys are salivating to go after NHS pricing in the UK - than they are interested in access to markets.
Oh i get it now - being a know -all boat cleaner is your second job. The weed farm is how you really make ends meet.Subsidies, plus a second job , are common for most farmers in the developed world.