then how come the farmers aren't zillionaires?
2006-09-22 18:05:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I'll tell you why and I know about farming. The government pays farmers to plow under crops and that's the truth. They also set the prices for wheat and cotton so low that it is more profitable for the farmers to plow it under than reap the crop. Instead of our crops, the government purchases cotton and wheat from other countries at prices higher than what they pay our farmers for their crops. Farmers aren't getting rich, they are going bankrupt, one at a time.
2006-09-22 18:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question, and I think because the farmers get paid only pennies on the dollar for what they grow. It's wrong but I don't see anyone trying to change that fact either. Keeping the little guys snowballed basically.
2006-09-23 01:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by ~SSIRREN~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the stuff that is not fit for human consumption is either sold or given away in the name of charity for handsome exchange rewards from the third world. The farmers in turn are told that it was all a waste.
2006-09-23 02:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by No Saint 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, of course the US doesn't grow enough to feed the world ...c'mon, there are more than 6 billion people in the world, even if the US build a fourth floor on all their farms there still wouldn't be enough land in the US to feed even a part of our planet's population.
2006-09-23 05:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by p.g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because corporations own most of the farms now & they are zillionaires=farmers ain't nothing but share croppers now=what a shame
happy day
old geezer
2006-09-23 01:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by Charles W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
low profit margin. And competitions from other places and amount themselves.
For example, when they have a great year in harvest, they rather bury the crops or destroy some of their crops so that the price remain high.
2006-09-23 01:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by Just_curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the government pays farmers not to grow crops.
this keeps prices high.
just like oil companies they produce less to raise prices.
2006-09-23 01:09:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jezabel the annoyed cat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the government doesn't protect it....therefore there is no reason to preserve that way of life for the benefit of mankind. Kinda sad I know.
2006-09-23 01:26:46 · answer #8 · answered by Chistiaŋ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, maybe coz the world cannot afford to pay zillions.
2006-09-23 01:08:04 · answer #9 · answered by Rex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy low, sell high for the middlemen
2006-09-23 01:07:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋