We are back to planting fence row to fence row, like the 1970s. Seems to be heading for a similar result.
We are back to planting fence row to fence row, like the 1970s. Seems to be heading for a similar result.
Plus you have one livestock class doing great. (Just like hogs guys had a bit of a different experience if they weren’t over leveraged at the time)
Guys raised a lot of hogs without any concrete, wooden huts and electric fence made it pretty painless to get out.
Or if you built your hog stuff 68-74 you were in a pretty good spot. (Hog guys bought a lot of good ground in Jefferson/Gage Co. at the lows after building confinements early)
FWIW - I was clicking around the other day and this popped up. It's a puff piece and Murphy is old now but it's a little bit of a history lesson or reminder. No mention of the pollution, the stench, the manure leaks, or his influence in NC legislature. www.agriculture.com/meet-the-man...
He ran so Jim Pillen could walk
Getting paid by the sq/ft to raise hogs for the Chinese?
Mortgage lifters.
Plus kept you busy enough to avoid getting into other schemes