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Originally Posted by sabredog
The example of the current price war between Coles and Woolworths is indicative of the length either will go to win the price battles being raged. Farmers are the real loser in this conflict.
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Farmers have always gotten the short end of the stick. Its truly sad when they start splitting their cropland into five- acre plots for housing development and make more money if one of them than the land had ever made in its entire history. Farmers were also the first victims of the revolving door credit trap. And then there's the issue of the English Corn Laws which were partially responsible for the starvation during the Irish Potato Famine, corporate moves to prevent seed banking, the emphasis on high- yield but vastly inefficient crops, and a lot of collateral expenses like the damage caused by feral hogs.