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Rural/Farm Life

True Blue American

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1. As I drive through rural areas here I see field after field lying fallow.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 05:03 AM

Jul 2019

They were always full of Soy Beans. China is buying them from Brazil now.

With auto plants closing , the GDP dropping to 2.1, Farmers hurting, bankruptcy increasing we seem to be heading into a long, hard slide.

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Farmers struggle to find hay for animals as wet spring creates shortage [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2019 OP

As I drive through rural areas here I see field after field lying fallow. True Blue American Jul 2019 #1

and the Gropenfuhrer may still be re-elected. 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #3

from what I've read... only 1 or 2 cuttings so far this year lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #2

4 cuttings is average for an entire year jcgoldie Jul 2019 #4

Lots of new and larger machinery haying around me than in the past. rickford66 Jul 2019 #5