How are Virginians Preparing for the Coming Food Price Shocks?
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17 responses to “How are Virginians Preparing for the Coming Food Price Shocks?”
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Grandaddy Hawkins would not have been bothered by diesel prices. He never had a tractor. 2 horses. Lady and Pat. Maybe Youngkin can waive the diesel taxes for Virginia farmers. Plenty of fertilizer for Virginia farmers. Manure. It has the best concentration of N-15 for crops. I have an old school manure spreader if you need it. Horses not included.
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Farmers don’t pay the same price for Diesel that truckers do.
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The farmers I know aren’t getting much of a discount from the retail price you see on I-81
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The point was farmers do not pay the tax that truckers do the suggestion was to cut farmers a break on diesel taxes. kinda hard to give them a break on taxes they don’t pay.
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I had no idea. I will remember that one.
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If you see a pump labeled “Off-Road Diesel” at a fueling station, the price will/should be significantly less than that of regular diesel. That is because most of the fuel taxes have been waived.
While the fuel is chemically the same as regular diesel, it is illegal to use it in road vehicles. It is intended for use only in off-road vehicles and equipment (agriculture, construction, landscaping, etc.).
Off-road diesel is dyed red. The dye is very powerful and retains its color even under extensive dilution. If you put even a small amount in the tank of your truck the fuel will be red/pink for a very long time, unless you completely drain it and clean it out.
If the “fuel police” catch you with red/pink fuel in the tank on your over-the-road truck you will be charged as a tax-cheat.
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And as much as many people may not like to admit it, sewage sludge runs a close second to animal manure for nitrogen content.
Can’t windmills and solar farms make fertilizer as we move away from fossil fuels?
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Out of what? You prove (this is not a dig at you personally) the ignorance of the average American of how stuff is made and produced and transported. You should read the o-ed by A. Finley in the WSJ on just how dependent the world is on fossil fuels. If and when fossil fuels are eliminated you will lose medicine,food,electricity,clothes,roads and on and on the list id endless prepare to learn how to live as our ancestors did in the 1800’s.
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That’s why I have proposed that all those who want to ban fossil fuel to live the life they promote…. let them pay the price of windmill/solar produced electricity. Let them live one week without touching anything based on dead dinos! Then we’ll see how they talk the talk — after actually walking the walk they preach for the rest of us. 😉
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What Finley said most Americans I believe think stuff just magically appears on shelves. I agree with one exception I think they should do without for a year.
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That’s a good one!
I have 6 bunnies who produce bunny gold. Better than horse and chicken and its cold not a hot manure. 🙂 I haven’t gotten fertilizer or anything but some lime and epsom salts in years.
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Hee Haw! Bunny Gold! I will remember that one too.
Given the discussion of manure as a substitute for petrochemical fertilizer, everything you wish to know about the use of manure in agriculture is at https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/42731/16741_ap037b_1_.pdf?v=41055
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But neighbors don’t like the smell.
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One of the issues with living next to a farm.
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