Composting manure on a large scale can be done in windrows with two or three pieces of equipement on a couple of acres.

I would LOVE to move out onto some acerage and compost horse and cow manure from farms. Composed manure is one of the best organic fertilizers you can possible have.

I wasn't suggesting that you become a certified organic farmer. I was just pointing out that chemical "-cides" are one option, organically-compatible ones are another option.

Back to subsidies:

But to cut the help off is just cutting the throats of the family farmers. And I don't know a single farmer that doesn't get some sort of assistance in the form of subsidies.

Fine, take away the subsidies from both agribusiness and family farms. Just as long as the prices on my crops go up, that's fine with me. I'm not for welfare for the farmers either.

The subsidy program goes you go, that's what you said. As soon as I point out that it's basically welfare for farmers you back off and say, OK, take it away? How does that work?

And the smaller government you want would not only not give you subsidies, it would not pay for the fire damage the the big military caused.

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