Thread: I Didn't Think That Manhattan Had So Many Farmers

I am from the west and swore about 20 years ago that I would never travel anywhere east of Colorado. Maybe I need to rethink that. I would love to meet all the farmers in Manhattan. I could find out how they do it, you know, farm.

The department of agriculture seems to think that there are farmers there that need a hand out. So they are helping those Manhattan farmers with our tax dollars.

I wonder what they are growing there, it's obvious that what ever it is, the pollen is affecting those in DC.

BENEFICIARY AND FARM BUSINESS LOCATIONS

Originally Posted by michaelr

I am from the west and swore about 20 years ago that I would never travel anywhere east of Colorado. Maybe I need to rethink that. I would love to meet all the farmers in Manhattan. I could find out how they do it, you know, farm.

The department of agriculture seems to think that there are farmers there that need a hand out. So they are helping those Manhattan farmers with our tax dollars.

I wonder what they are growing there, it's obvious that what ever it is, the pollen is affecting those in DC.

BENEFICIARY AND FARM BUSINESS LOCATIONS

They live in New York and own farms elsewhere.

Is there something wrong with that? Does every farm owner have to actually live on it?

Here are just a few from a random click on the map:

Beneficiary or Farm BusinessFarm
LocationLocation
Based OnBenefits
2003 to
2005
William Phillip WalshBeneficiaryWinnebago County, IllinoisZIP 9*$ 158,437
Norman Champ IIIBeneficiaryLincoln County, Missouri
Pike County, MissouriZIP 9*$ 127,114
John W Mettler IIIBeneficiaryLeon County, FloridaZIP 9*$ 36,224
Stacy AppleberryBeneficiaryDesha County, Arkansas
Lincoln County, Arkansas

Didn't see anything on Manhattan (New York County) in your link. Even on a search it only brought two Representatives with less than $3000 for agricultural business pass-throughs.

Originally Posted by dzustaparadox

Didn't see anything on Manhattan (New York County) in your link. Even on a search it only brought two Representatives with less than $3000 for agricultural business pass-throughs.

You didn't see the map?

Originally Posted by michaelr

I am from the west and swore about 20 years ago that I would never travel anywhere east of Colorado.

Have you ever been east of Colorado? ...or just not in the last 20 years?

Originally Posted by TenGig

Have you ever been east of Colorado? ...or just not in the last 20 years?

Not in the last 20 years. I have been to the South Eastern states when I was young.

Originally Posted by Distressed American

They live in New York and own farms elsewhere.

Is there something wrong with that? Does every farm owner have to actually live on it?

Here are just a few from a random click on the map:

Beneficiary or Farm BusinessFarm
LocationLocation
Based OnBenefits
2003 to
2005
William Phillip WalshBeneficiaryWinnebago County, IllinoisZIP 9*$ 158,437
Norman Champ IIIBeneficiaryLincoln County, Missouri
Pike County, MissouriZIP 9*$ 127,114
John W Mettler IIIBeneficiaryLeon County, FloridaZIP 9*$ 36,224
Stacy AppleberryBeneficiaryDesha County, Arkansas
Lincoln County, Arkansas

I would agree that they may own an intrest in a farm. Most farmers are farmers who live on a farm. eieio

Originally Posted by michaelr

I would agree that they may own an intrest in a farm. Most farmers are farmers who line on a farm. eieio

Your link does not say that they are farmers. It is the addresses of folks that got the subsidy check. As most farms these days are large corporate farms. This should not suprise anyone at all.

No offense. But, I have to say I do not really get the point of this thread at all.

Originally Posted by Distressed American

Your link does not say that they are farmers. It is the addresses of folks that got the subsidy check. As most farms these days are large corporate farms. This should not suprise anyone at all.

No offense. But, I have to say I do not really get the point of this thread at all.

That is my point, why should someone who has a 401k or some type of investment get a subsidy check that is there to help farmers.

Originally Posted by michaelr

You didn't see the map?

Wait, are you telling me that some one in New York owns a farm in Kansas? I am fucking outraged. How dare they! You must not own property that you do not live on! I am writing Pelosi right now, that bitch.