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randomcanyon t1_ja3rqe9 wrote

Reply to comment by Logical-Coconut7490 in Central California wine country [4000x1848] [OC] by festive_squirrel

I get industrial hemp. Have followed its progress for years. But it is more a replacement for other crops in the Mid US like North and South Dakota, and in Canada. California farm land is mostly too valuable to grow "hemp" Much Soybean (in the south) is also used in spin off industries not just for cattle feed or human consumption.

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Logical-Coconut7490 t1_ja3usoo wrote

Yeah, I remember driving down hwy 99 a few years back and seeing all that "valuable" farm land laying fallow for lack of water. With huge billboards blaming Congress !

Are you telling me it's more profitable to not plant crops (where's the Profit$ in that?), than it is to grow hemp, which uses relatively very little water ?

Are you aware of the. Thousands of products made with hemp ?

With this whole push to get off fossil fuels, Hemp would be the rational #1 choice, since it can do Anything petroleum can do....Better !

Who's the largest Ag landowner in usa ? Pill Gate$... Is that a clue ?

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randomcanyon t1_ja3wzqx wrote

You are obviously a "Hemp" fan. Like I said I am well aware of hemp. If it was a profitable use of "vacant" farm land then those corp. farms would be growing it.

Ultra rich man buys land as an investment. How is this controversial or even extraordinary? What problem do you have with Bill Gates?

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Logical-Coconut7490 t1_ja3xd9s wrote

So what's with all the headlines in MSM saying Pill GateS is largest Ag landowner in USA ?

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randomcanyon t1_ja40g06 wrote

Maybe "agricultural land" has a different meaning from "land owner".

On the other hand you seem to have a bugaboo about bill Gates and you are welcome to it. Good day.

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Logical-Coconut7490 t1_ja3xxl9 wrote

Please explain how Profits were made leaving thousands of acres of prime California crop land Empty ?

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randomcanyon t1_ja41qaf wrote

Not my land, not my duty to explain the economics of industrial farm land business. I do know something of the poultry industry, but why corps do stuff with their lands and what they grow is not my purview.

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