Is Monette Farms like Bernie Madoff?

[TSIPP]

Pushing bush or breaking sod, is there a difference? Not really.

[Oliver88]

Pushing bush or breaking sod, is there a difference? Not really.

Big difference in time and $ to complete.
As far as upsetting coffee row consultants there probably is no difference.

[wrongway]

Pushing bush or breaking sod, is there a difference? Not really.

spend a summer picking roots...then get back to me

[TSIPP]

spend a summer picking roots...then get back to me

I spent most of the 80s picking roots and rocks, dad broke 5 quarters of bush, it was the rocks that don’t stop coming up, oh and trust me, picking roots isn’t just a summer time job, I spent most of the winter out there picking roots, we didn’t have any snow and used a pick to dislodge the roots and rocks.

[TSIPP]

Pushing bush or breaking sod, is there a difference? Not really.

I wasn’t really talking about time or money, it’s coffee row, worried about the environment or nature or something.

[TSIPP]

Anyway picking roots and rocks was a very labour intensive process, at least the Oliver 88 had a bucket we could toss the rocks and roots into, in 86 dad bought a new degelman stone picker, pulled it with the 560 international , a cab and radio I would have killed for but it was all open air with the dirt and bugs, picking stones was my job for a few years until it was all put back to grass.

[BighatPete]

Yes, somebody dig up details, this fast an increase is impossible.

That was the point of me making this post, I figured someone may have heard rumors or knew something. It seems like the consensus is on speculation of foreign money. These things have a way of bubbling up, but finding out will likely take many years and possible government inquiry at some point

[agstar77]

Screw the independent farms. You are subsidizing Monette .

[blackpowder]

Are you suggesting volume discounts are a new thing?

[agstar77]

This could be on a whole new level. If you bypass the dealers , where are they going to get profits to keep operating? Service, parts etc. Or the price of purchases for smaller operators like SF3. Apparently sales went through dealers, so Deere took the hit to gain market share. What does that say about the equipment mark up?