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Originally Posted by ghak99

I think we're already to the point of serious change.

I know most people could care less about this stuff, but I just got off an interesting conference call. There was 6500 head of animals on this particular show list being discussed and all were ready to go now. Pack only wanted 300 head. They did take the oldest/fattest of the group, but if the rest of those animals aren't harvested soon they will start keeling over in the pens. Several of those guys have their nuts on the line and will go belly up if things don't change soon and there's not a lot of guys with the financial backing, not to mention the generational acquired intellegence, to even make an attempt at picking up where they left off.

If we're not careful, this deal is going to cause a fundamental change in the Ag world that the general public will be dealing with for decades. It's to the point many on the production side are ready to see people go hungry. These are people who previously believed it was their duty to feed the world, even if it meant they went broke doing it. I asked for a quick vote, and all but one said the money .gov is talking about handing out to make them whole won't come close to covering their losses. I asked for a follow up and the majority said if they're going down they'd rather not get the money and watch the system try to un**** itself during a hunger issue.

I know they're on full tilt right now, but these are people who would have never even had these thoughts 2 years ago.

This is kind of scary.