
Richard Mellencamp
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Richard Mellencamp
@rmellenc
Corn, Soybeans, and Cut Flowers.








Direct-to-consumer sounds great until you're the one handling every complaint, every shipment, every customer expectation. The farmer's job is to grow it. The second you add retail on top of that, you've got two full-time jobs and the margins to pay for half of one.





TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPECTED TO SOON LIFT SUMMER GASOLINE REGULATIONS TO CURB ENERGY PRICES - SOURCES





This farmer put it well: When railroads consolidate and competition disappears, farmers don’t ship less. They just get paid less. That’s the reality of what the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger would do to the people who feed this country.







Dealer parts prices are becoming insane. 200psi sprayer hose at jd $10.50 per ft. Ag Spray? $3 per ft same hose. Timiken bearing at agco for a rhino shredder, $950. Online, same bearing, $380. That's not to mention the local zim dealer complaining about direct pivot parts prices.



















