The USSR tried "central planning" in food production and it was a miserable failure.

Remember back 40-50 years ago the USSR tried "central planning" in food production and it was a miserable failure.  Our idiot leaders are headed down the same avenue, only in a different lane of the avenue.  They are doing it all in the name of "climate change".  Of course, the climate hysteria used to be climate cooling before it became climate warming before it became climate change!  Now all weather from below zero to 100+, all storms, etc. are the result of man changing the climate.  Wonder what caused all the same things before "egg heads" started blaming humans for all negative things concerning the climate?

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A close friend farms over 10,000 acres of corn in the mid-west. The property is spread out over 3 counties.  His operation is a "partnership farm" with John Deere.  They use the larger farm operations as demonstration projects for promotion and development of new equipment. He recently received a phone call from his John Deere representative, and they want the farm to go to electric tractors and combines in 2023.  He currently has 5 diesel combines that cost $900,000 each that are traded in every 3 years. Also, over 10 really BIG tractors.  JD wants him to go all electric soon.

 

He said: "Ok, I have some questions. How do I charge these combines when they are 3 counties away from the shop in the middle of a cornfield, in the middle of nowhere?"  "How do I run them 24 hours a day for 10 or 12 days straight when the harvest is ready, and the weather is coming in? "How do I get a 50,000+ lb. combine that takes up the width of an entire road back to the shop 20 miles away when the battery goes dead?"

 

There was dead silence on the other end of the phone.

 

When the corn is ready to harvest, it has to have the proper sugar and moisture content. If it is too wet, it has to be put in giant dryers that burn natural or propane gas, and lots of it. Harvest time is critical because if it degrades in sugar content or quality, it can drop the value of his crop by half a million dollars or more.  It is analyzed at time of sale.  It is standard procedure to run these machines 10 to 12 days straight, 24 hours a day at peak harvest time.  When they need fuel, a tanker truck delivers it, and the machines keep going.  John Deere's only answer is "we're working on it." They are being pushed by the lefty Dems in the government to force these electric machines on the American farmer.  These people are out of control.  They are messing with the production of food crops that feed people and livestock...  all in the name of their "green dream."

 

Look for the cost of your box of cornflakes to triple in the next 24 months.....”

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