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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 14:14:40 GMT -6
Farming is all based on what pays the best in the end. Cattle are down, hogs are down, milk is way down. Corn is down, Soybeans are down, Wheat is down. Hay is the only thing making money. My hay seed sales were great last year and great this year so far. Is the hay for new essential horses and trophy goat farms or actual livestock needs? Horse people will spend their kids college savings on Hay for their horses. We saw round bales hit $140 each this winter again. Saw 2 ladies fight over a 30 bale pile of small square hay at the sale barn running the hay up to $24 per bale against each other when $6 each should have stopped it. Horse people are nuts, and I love them.....
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 14:17:52 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid. My buddies restaurant put out on facebook Ham dinners for easter at $12 each for pick up today. Had to reserve them ahead for sunday. Sold out 210 dinners in one day. So that was good to hear during this mess.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 12, 2020 14:53:57 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid. I think that bar will do well after the shutdown. They seem to have a loyal following. The owner (Bruce Rohde) grew up in the bar/grill business. His folks owned at least one place locally (Burtrum area). His sister just bought the old Burtrum Bar last December. That place had zero customers for years. After she bought it, it was packed. They don't even serve food...just drinks. That family understands the hospitality industry. I hope they survive this economic shutdown.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 12, 2020 15:21:07 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid. I dont know how such a business can survive without somebody artificially propping it up? Bars make money on booze if I am not mistaken and everyone has always claimed gas stations make no money on gas? Guessing in a pure capitalist sense he is bleeding enough red right now to make it fatal if it were to happen every 15 months for 6 weeks.I would imagine you are correct. I don't know how many of the businesses around here are going to survive this happening once in a lifetime.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 12, 2020 16:37:47 GMT -6
I don’t think we will shut down again. There’s just no way that can happen, and have an actual economy. Hopeful we’ve learned what we can and can’t do.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 12, 2020 18:01:43 GMT -6
I don’t think we will shut down again. There’s just no way that can happen, and have an actual economy. Hopeful we’ve learned what we can and can’t do. You said hopefully. I also hope so, but many are making more not working. Will they ever go back to work?
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 12, 2020 18:45:21 GMT -6
Yes they will... this isnt lasting forever.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 12, 2020 18:56:12 GMT -6
I struggle with all the talk about how things are never going to go back to how they were before the virus. I just don't see it. Maybe I'm naive
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 12, 2020 19:28:32 GMT -6
Agreed stu. People are buying the media induced hysteria.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 22:33:30 GMT -6
I don’t think we will shut down again. There’s just no way that can happen, and have an actual economy. Hopeful we’ve learned what we can and can’t do. They are already talking about round two coming. You sure it can't happen again?
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 13, 2020 3:19:23 GMT -6
I don’t think we will shut down again. There’s just no way that can happen, and have an actual economy. Hopeful we’ve learned what we can and can’t do. They are already talking about round two coming. You sure it can't happen again? Fauci now appears more and more to be a Democrat plant. He’s now saying lives could’ve been saved if Trump would’ve acted sooner. Trump pointed out that Fauci said on the s Today show in late February that Americans had little to be concerned with. So there’ll be 7 months of non stop democratic bs for the public to listen to. Hopefully Trump shows the actual numbers this week where people under 70 have little to be concerned with. The Massachusetts numbers showed that.
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Post by Freeborn on Apr 13, 2020 4:32:22 GMT -6
I don’t think we will shut down again. There’s just no way that can happen, and have an actual economy. Hopeful we’ve learned what we can and can’t do. You said hopefully. I also hope so, but many are making more not working. Will they ever go back to work? I don't believe the stimulus package funds these people forever but it is a bad lesson.
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Post by chummer16 on Apr 13, 2020 5:50:24 GMT -6
They are already talking about round two coming. You sure it can't happen again? Fauci now appears more and more to be a Democrat plant. He’s now saying lives could’ve been saved if Trump would’ve acted sooner. Trump pointed out that Fauci said on the s Today show in late February that Americans had little to be concerned with. So there’ll be 7 months of non stop democratic bs for the public to listen to. Hopefully Trump shows the actual numbers this week where people under 70 have little to be concerned with. The Massachusetts numbers showed that. That was typical media fake news. They structured the question so that was the only answer. Fauci always falls for these traps where Birx doesn’t. Of coarse if we would have shut down all air travel and the economy in December we wouldn’t have any cases. All the other media outlets then play the only part of the clip where he says if we would have shut down earlier lives would have been saved. He didn’t say that he suggested we shut down earlier. NBC tried to get DR Redman to say the same thing today and he shut it right down. There wasn’t a community spread case until 2/28 and at that time they told several cities including NY that mediation was needed and NY did nothing for two more weeks. This was always going to be the new Russia, they are just picking their spots till we get closer to the election.
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 13, 2020 6:00:36 GMT -6
Fauci now appears more and more to be a Democrat plant. He’s now saying lives could’ve been saved if Trump would’ve acted sooner. Trump pointed out that Fauci said on the s Today show in late February that Americans had little to be concerned with. So there’ll be 7 months of non stop democratic bs for the public to listen to. Hopefully Trump shows the actual numbers this week where people under 70 have little to be concerned with. The Massachusetts numbers showed that. That was typical media fake news. They structured the question so that was the only answer. Fauci always falls for these traps where Birx doesn’t. Of coarse if we would have shut down all air travel and the economy in December we wouldn’t have any cases. All the other media outlets then play the only part of the clip where he says if we would have shut down earlier lives would have been saved. He didn’t say that he suggested we shut down earlier. NBC tried to get DR Redman to say the same thing today and he shut it right down. There wasn’t a community spread case until 2/28 and at that time they told several cities including NY that mediation was needed and NY did nothing for two more weeks. This was always going to be the new Russia, they are just picking their spots till we get closer to the election. I want somebody to publish or ask Fauci the New York and National numbers for the people under 70. I think we all will be mad when we see them.
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