Comments on: Saving Agriculture in Alaska http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/ One Alaskan's View Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.1.1 By: Janet http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-632 Janet Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:43:52 +0000 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-632 The size of investment required to start a farm would be too great of a risk for the private sector. At the other extreme would be heavy government subsidies, price supports, ownership, control, and management of transportation, storage and processing facilities. Government simply is not structured to take on the responsibilities of the private sector in this manner. This is a recipe As a Rancher I disagree.... Farming/Ranching is a biz... the Gov should stay away. If you need farm loans there are agences you can go to in order to get farm loans they are gov. backed but the gov stays out of the running of your place. If you don't have the heart for Farming or Ranching you shouldn't be in it.. The heart meaning long hours of work, high fail rate and very little to now appretation or profit. That is why Farming in America doesn't work.. There are very few ppl who take pride in what they do or are given the praise they diserve. This is one job American's will regret outsourcing. Alaskans are growing in Ag. Its just going to take some time and appretiation by Alaskans to grow. After all we are only 50!! We get most of our produce, eggs and milk from the valley we hunt for the rest of our meal. The size of investment required to start a farm would be too great of a risk for the private sector. At the other extreme would be heavy government subsidies, price supports, ownership, control, and management of transportation, storage and processing facilities. Government simply is not structured to take on the responsibilities of the private sector in this manner. This is a recipe

As a Rancher I disagree…. Farming/Ranching is a biz… the Gov should stay away. If you need farm loans there are agences you can go to in order to get farm loans they are gov. backed but the gov stays out of the running of your place. If you don’t have the heart for Farming or Ranching you shouldn’t be in it.. The heart meaning long hours of work, high fail rate and very little to now appretation or profit. That is why Farming in America doesn’t work.. There are very few ppl who take pride in what they do or are given the praise they diserve. This is one job American’s will regret outsourcing. Alaskans are growing in Ag. Its just going to take some time and appretiation by Alaskans to grow. After all we are only 50!! We get most of our produce, eggs and milk from the valley we hunt for the rest of our meal.

]]> By: Max http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-511 Max Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:07:18 +0000 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-511 This article sounds well, but how everything is related together? This article sounds well, but how everything is related together?

]]> By: mike 62 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-348 mike 62 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:22:34 +0000 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-348 Wow what a beautiful story. I have read your blog for a long time and have never posted a comment...It is no wonder that you often don't open up comments with all the wack jobs out in this world. Wow what a beautiful story. I have read your blog for a long time and have never posted a comment…It is no wonder that you often don’t open up comments with all the wack jobs out in this world.

]]> By: Daniel http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-10 Daniel Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:17:44 +0000 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-10 I couldn't understand some parts of this article Saving Agriculture in Alaska, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting. I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Saving Agriculture in Alaska, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

]]> By: Ishmael http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-3 Ishmael Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:05:14 +0000 http://allalaskans.com/emperor/2007/06/19/saving-agriculture-in-alaska/#comment-3 Very good idea re: the Creamery Board. Very good idea re: the Creamery Board.

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