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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeacePeople, post: 1471620, member: 20082&quot;]I grew up on a farm in the 70&#039;s and 80&#039;s.&nbsp; Here is what he did then.&nbsp; In the spring he went to the PCA and borrowed money to pay for seed, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides and fuel.&nbsp; He then worked his fields, planted them and later on sprayed them.&nbsp; If he was old school he might even cultivate the weeds.&nbsp; At the end of the season he harvested the crop, put it in a drying bin, and dryed it properly, then sold it to the local or regional elevator.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if the govt decided there was too much of something, they&#039;d pay Mr Farmer to not plant certain items with some guidelines.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Those same things probably apply today, but there are many more loopholes and angles that I&#039;m told about from family members that are still farming.&nbsp; In fact, if you do it really well, you can get the govt, typically state and fed, to build you livestock housing to clean up water systems, pay you to plant nothing and if all goes really well, rehabilitate some of your land and even buy some of that land for over market value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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