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Farming is very expensive. Weather is unpredictable. The farmer/rancher has no control over prices, other than hedging/forward contracts. One bad year can wipe out a framer and all he worked for all his life. If our Nation's ag went South, the USA would be a screwed pooch. Millions of people depending on their counties for food and fiber, which would be much worse than our dependency on China for everything else!
Ag is a complicated and fragile industry, even more fragile than the US economy in general!

I referred to the poor stats the USDA handed out and how it can play into the hands of speculators. Blame the gov ment for bad data, and like the speculators cluster*** the oil market from time to time!