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RayP(MI)

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Was working on a grain binder in the yard this morning. Heard them coming fom the distance on the road - just several diesels running. The first part of the convoy consisted of 5 eddible pea combines,- huge six wheel drive units, and a large tractor pulling a large hydraulic dump cart. Each bore the trademark logo of a major baby food manufacturer. About two minutes later, along came another combine followed by a truck pulling a parts & service trailer, and another truck pulling a flat bed with a self powered air compresspr and a generator cart with large light array.
My guess, I probably saw 3 million dollars go by. With a show like this, the American public has no right to complain about the price of a 69 cent jar of baby food. The American farmers are the world's best at producing inexpensive food.
 
Thank you for you artical about all the high dollar harvesting equip. going by your place. Your story should be printed in some large city newspapers . Thanks , clint
 
All you fellas who have the knowledge, fortitude and ability to defy the elements and the vagueries of the market to turn dirt into food have my undying respect and admiration.
 
Ray, that is the absolute truth! I have said for years that the American consumer should be better educated about what farmers have to suffer through.
 
Yeh but-- are those really "farmers" when the multi-million dollar equipment has logos of a major food brand? Sounds to me like corporate takeover.
 
Be it corporate or private, it takes a huge investment to grow and harvest our crops and someone has to pay the tab. Guess who that is?

The midwest grain farmer has the smallest investment in land, machinery, and labor, and the edible, fresh vegetable producer has the highest investment.

The consumer complains about the price of food while they drive to the supermarket in a new $40,000 dollar crossover with all the bells and, well, I'm overheating. Better quit now. Jim
 
Years back (70s) Beech Nut had their own pea harvesters. There were three of them, and they were pulled with FORD Comander 6000s. Their maintainance and supportfleet was a pu with service body. Beans, strawberries etc were picked by Migrant workers.
Beech Nut's baby food plant was flooded out in the 2006 flood we had here in the Mohawk Valley. They were in Canajoharie NY. They Moved into a brand new facility, 25 miles down river in Amsterdam, a year ago. They still buy locally, and many crop farmers in the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys plant and harvest exclusivly for Beech Nut. I don't know what effect Huricane Irene will have on overall crop yields for them, because much of the fertile and high producing Schoharie river flats are gone for ever.
 
What would the cost of a can of peas be if they were picked and hulled by 20 dollar an hour laborers? Surely not less than a dollar as they are now. Joe
 
I would guess that those Oxbow harvesters would be at least $1 million each. I can not imagine anyone not being impressed by the convoy moving and even more impressed to see them cleaning off a field. Certainly no individual farmer is going to be able to afford the investment to harvest only his own crop. Peas are a short crop and the canners do a very good job of scheduling to minimze by-passes and to maximize the season and pack. It is even more impressive when you consider it is a 24/7 operation, rain or shine. Sweet corn harvest is the same deal.
 
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