Can we get rid of the ANF sticker on the helmet?
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No idea what you're rambling about. The comment was Cali is a joke. I informed the person CA feeds the nation.
That's possible. But I'm sure people don't sit behind their computers and post on here that they could easily do your job and that all you have to do is know someone or be from the right family to be successful, as quite a few people do about farming. That would be the difference at play here.
What powers those big ass tractors Jim Bob drives out in the field? What are tractors made out of and where does that come from? What lubricates them? Who engineers the seed corn Jim Bob plants? Where do the pesticides Jim Bob apply come from? Unless the Jim Bobs you know have backgrounds in geology, chemistry, biology, genetics, engineering, it's quite obvious you don't know what the hell you're talking about. That's just the sciences to focus on, I'm not even going to get into infrastructure jobs or the hundred other fields that allow farmers to "feed the world".
I'm thrilled you decided to use the pre-industrial revolution example. Lets say me and my petroleum geology buddies take a few years off. I want to hear where you think Jim Bob comes up with the millions of oxen that are going to be needed within 6 months to harvest/plant. Here's a hint... they don't. They might be able to come up with a couple, and at that point, they're not feeding the world, they're going to be lucky to feed their family.
You seem to have an extremely limited view on "feeding the world". You're very focused on the act of harvesting without any real thought of what all went into that act.
The short answer to the OP's question is NO. That was not loud enough my volume control only works on my speakers.
Wow this has dumb written all over it. But I'll play along.
Small town Iowa.
Adult, married with three kids.
CPA.
Yes.
I'll even add that both my grandparents were farmers and my father farmed.
Small farmers are becoming extinct. Most people would be shocked at how much farmers have been making although lately it has decreased. I'm talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. Trust me, I do their returns.
How many kids from TX, OH, FL or wherever want to go Iowa and wear a farming sticker?
Also, at the North Texas game there was a little video regarding farming as well. Great selling tactic for recruits...
Well my wife and I paid for our farm by working 3 jobs for 20 + years. We have 2 years to pay off and WE feel we earned our farm, We wanted to live in the country and will till we die, We enjoy nature, the animals. raising our own food, and really enjoy not having a tv to bring in stress. We enjoy Iowa, our families, church, Iowa Hawks, and small town people. I guess that some tend to forget why God gave us two ears and only one mouth,
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NATIONAL FARMER’S DAY
A day of honor is very much deserved to all of the hard-working farmers. National Farmer’s Day is observed annually on October 12th as a day for them and to pay tribute to all farmers throughout American history.
National Farmer’s Day was previously known as Old Farmer’s Day.
From very early in American culture, a farmer’s endless hard work has been an example to all of us, and on National Farmer’s Day, we thank them for their contributions to our economy.
There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Farmer’s Day, with celebrations and festivals on various dates throughout the year. Many of them are held in September and October.
October does seem fitting for celebrating National Farmer’s Day as it is near the end of the harvest. Many farmers will be able to take a rest from their hard labor to join in the celebration of this holiday.
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Thank a farmer for the hard work they do to supply us with food. Use #NationalFarmersDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL FARMER’S DAY
A day of honor is very much deserved to all of the hard-working farmers. National Farmer’s Day is observed annually on October 12th as a day for them and to pay tribute to all farmers throughout American history.
National Farmer’s Day was previously known as Old Farmer’s Day.
From very early in American culture, a farmer’s endless hard work has been an example to all of us, and on National Farmer’s Day, we thank them for their contributions to our economy.
There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Farmer’s Day, with celebrations and festivals on various dates throughout the year. Many of them are held in September and October.
October does seem fitting for celebrating National Farmer’s Day as it is near the end of the harvest. Many farmers will be able to take a rest from their hard labor to join in the celebration of this holiday.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Thank a farmer for the hard work they do to supply us with food. Use #NationalFarmersDay to post on social media.
To be clear for starters Im a farmer. Im an ISU grad. Im an avid hawkeye fan. Usually I don't feel compelled to write on here but there is so much misinformation within this thread its almost embarrassing. I have no problem making the sticker smaller if that is a problem for some, but reading through a lot of these posts is exactly why we as a country have a problem in this country. Society is generally 2 or more generations removed from the farm where all of your food comes from. With social media and activist groups having a louder voice than the farmer there is a lot of misinformation out there today. Farmers need to do a better job voicing there side of food production and the economics behind it. Remember less than 2% of the population produces the food you eat, and with regard to tax breaks name another industry where the business (farmer) buys at a retail price and sells at a wholesale price. If anyone on here has any interest and learning first hand in seeing a livestock operation where there beef comes from I would personally invite them to my farm in eastern Iowa. Message me and Ill make it happen. ANF
I farm also, we do get tax breaks with "write offs" (the purchasing of equipment and other things) to lower taxes, but that really is the only tax break we get. I imagine there are a other businesses with this perk also. And you are right on getting the shaft when it comes to marketing our products, we are the only ones that ask "what will you give me for my products" , where as everyone else charges what the want for theirs. And what they are offering to give us now is very much.
I like the ANF sticker just wish they world make it a little small and put it on the back so it doesn't take away from the awesome tiger hawk on the side.
It's how commodities work, luckily for Iowa Farmers the Federal government gives them commodity subsidies. And crop insurance subsidies. And pay you not to grow crops in conservation subsidies. And if there is a drought you get disaster subsidies. I'm not complaining, neither should you.
What you ought to be concerned with as an Iowa farmer is this president axing NAFTA, bad for you.
They call Iowa moo u, yet they have a couple of giant pioneer logos on their basketball court??? Is it cooler being a crop farmer instead of a dairy or beef farmer?
I'm not really complaining, the mega farmers are the ones benefitting the most from all the things you have mentioned, other than the conservation subsidies, which nowhere near all farmers enroll in. The only time we get commodity support is when the price gets extremely low, and again the big boys get the majority of that. Plus, we don't get disaster subsidies, that's where the crop insurance comes in.
As far as nafta, I'm hoping they may only tweek it to make it a better deal for the United States and the American farmer but that is yet to be seen. I have a feeling you're not a trump fan and don't really believe he has Americas best interests first and foremost.
While I don't live in Iowa anymore, it is my home. I had several cousins who farmed. Spent time at their kitchen tables and learned some. My last cousins who farmed sold out in SW Iowa. They are multi millionaires now. I'm thrilled for them. I begrudge you nothing.
Not a Trump fan. Wrote in a name for President. I don't think he has your interests at heart. His tax cuts aren't designed for you. But not everything is about money. I wish you luck.
Based on this thread I get the impression many on here, that want the ANF sticker removed, are embarrassed to be from a state that’s largest industry is agriculture. We’ve modeled our uniforms after the Steelers. Wonder if they are embarrassed of the steel industry and that sticker.
Without the agriculture industry as a whole in Iowa our economy is nil. This includes much more than the 1.7% of the population that is engaged in production agriculture.
The farmer is the base of the agriculture industry. Therefore, the farmer is the base of our economy. Not just in Iowa but in the United States. It would be very difficult to name a profession that wouldn’t be negatively impacted by a failed agriculture industry.
Agriculture products are the USA’s #1 export at nearly 11% of the country’s total exports. Over 1% ahead of the next highest (fuels and mining products). America DOES Need Farmers and the ANF sticker and branding around the University of Iowa is needed more now than it ever has been. The misconceptions and disconnect that the average consumer has toward the American Farmer and the agriculture industry is disturbing and it should be to all of us. Hopefully more people will take time to learn about modern agriculture in all its forms because of that little sticker and the videos that might play at a game.
Be proud to be from Iowa and our agricultural foundation. The University of Iowa had embraced ANF and agriculture long before there was an ANF Game Day.
And to the poster that said we don’t eat Iowa corn and soybeans... we do and we use it for so many other things. Farmers do a lot more than feed us.
Corn uses
Soybean uses
Kinnick's Field Made of Soy
Without the agriculture industry as a whole in Iowa our economy is nil. This includes much more than the 1.7% of the population that is engaged in production agriculture.
The farmer is the base of the agriculture industry. Therefore, the farmer is the base of our economy. Not just in Iowa but in the United States. It would be very difficult to name a profession that wouldn’t be negatively impacted by a failed agriculture industry.
Agriculture products are the USA’s #1 export at nearly 11% of the country’s total exports. Over 1% ahead of the next highest (fuels and mining products). America DOES Need Farmers and the ANF sticker and branding around the University of Iowa is needed more now than it ever has been. The misconceptions and disconnect that the average consumer has toward the American Farmer and the agriculture industry is disturbing and it should be to all of us. Hopefully more people will take time to learn about modern agriculture in all its forms because of that little sticker and the videos that might play at a game.
Be proud to be from Iowa and our agricultural foundation. The University of Iowa had embraced ANF and agriculture long before there was an ANF Game Day.
And to the poster that said we don’t eat Iowa corn and soybeans... we do and we use it for so many other things. Farmers do a lot more than feed us.
Corn uses
Soybean uses
Kinnick's Field Made of Soy
Nafta talk .. what is the American farmer to do? Brazil has lots of dirt dirt cheap land , all u need is a few bucks and earth moving equipment, farm machinery, seeds and ur in business. Wait, wonder who has the resources and knowledge to do that? U bet American farmers... but in all seriousness I am aware of many Midwest farmers doing just that. Will Mexico try and parse out corn from Brazil grown by American farmers?
We’ve always been crazy. Now we’re just opening our mouths.
that's right we have Guber to thank for all the food we eat. Guber and all his scientist buddies are so smart they can feed us all by just sitting at their computer. Get serious you need to know a little about farming before you make all this stuff up. And yes many of the things you talk about were developed by people without the degrees that make you the person that feeds the world.
Haha, wow. I give up. It's shocking how simple logic can escape so many people.
I'm really surprised that not one single poster has figured out what fuels their farm equipment or where all materials its made out of come from.
#americaneedsgeologists, I want my sticker so people know how important my job is.
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Biodiesel? Soy-based plastic?
Seriously though, it all goes together. Your employment relies on the farmer just as the farmer relies on you. The fact that people are concerned that a recruit from another state may not want to be a Hawkeye because we are proud to be an ag state... that is why the ANF sticker is still needed today. It's not for the same reason Hayden put it on the helmet, we should all understand that.
Biodiesel? Soy-based plastic?
Seriously though, it all goes together. Your employment relies on the farmer just as the farmer relies on you. The fact that people are concerned that a recruit from another state may not want to be a Hawkeye because we are proud to be an ag state... that is why the ANF sticker is still needed today. It's not for the same reason Hayden put it on the helmet, we should all understand that.
Nailed it.
Oh, so exactly like what I said 2 pages ago. Gotcha.Biodiesel? Soy-based plastic?
Seriously though, it all goes together. Your employment relies on the farmer just as the farmer relies on you. The fact that people are concerned that a recruit from another state may not want to be a Hawkeye because we are proud to be an ag state... that is why the ANF sticker is still needed today. It's not for the same reason Hayden put it on the helmet, we should all understand that.
But what you're not understanding is everything you mentioned here:
"What powers those big ass tractors Jim Bob drives out in the field? What are tractors made out of and where does that come from? What lubricates them? Who engineers the seed corn Jim Bob plants? Where do the pesticides Jim Bob apply come from? Unless the Jim Bobs you know have backgrounds in geology, chemistry, biology, genetics, engineering, it's quite obvious you don't know what the hell you're talking about. That's just the sciences to focus on, I'm not even going to get into infrastructure jobs or the hundred other fields that allow farmers to "feed the world"."
All of that, is part of the agriculture industry. Agriculture is more than farming. Farming is the center cog allowing all the other parts of the agriculture industry to exist and vice versa. Also, most 'Jim Bob's' do have plenty of knowledge in the agriculture sciences that include, but aren't limited to: geology, chemistry, biology, genetics and engineering.
Petroleum geology is not a part of agriculture industry, at all. The agricultural industry is dependent on the petroleum geosciences and econmoic/mining geology as explained in my previous posts. Jim Bob from down at the coop does not know where or how to obtain obtain peto/ore resources the ag industry is dependent on. The same relationship could be applied with hundreds of other fields.
JFC, I can't believe how dense some people are about this, I guess I'll repost one of my first comments in this thread, hoping it gets through to one of you. This isn't that hard.
I'm a geologist by profession. If people in my field stopped finding ore for mining, or fossil fuels for petroleum refinement or energy production, we all starve. Likewise for my engineer counterparts, or truck drivers, or hundreds of other professions that are tied into our society.
The only difference is we don't constantly make it out like we're the primary cog that allows the wheel of society to turn. Most educated people understand that is not the case.
It’s okay bud. I know this is really stressing you out and you think all farmers are uneducated idiots. You keep being you. They’ll keep feeding you. Sometime say thanks though.
Now I’ve gotta go fill my truck up with ethanol.
Thank you for driving up food prices worldwide by reducing the amount of farmland committed to food production in response to ethanol subsidies.
It's quite funny both of you are too stupid to see the irony in this.
"Five Ethanol Myths, Busted:
MYTH NO. 1: ETHANOL REQUIRES MORE ENERGY TO MAKE THAN IT YIELDS.
False. Argonne National Laboratory research has shown that corn ethanol delivers a positive energy balance of 8.8 megajoules per liter.
MYTH NO. 2: ETHANOL PRODUCTION REDUCES OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
False. Only 1 percent of all corn grown in this country is eaten by humans. The rest is No. 2 yellow field corn, which is indigestible to humans and used in animal feed, food supplements and ethanol.
MYTH NO. 3: ETHANOL CROPS AND PRODUCTION EMIT MORE GREENHOUSE GASES THAN GASOLINE. False
MYTH NO. 4: ETHANOL REQUIRES TOO MUCH WATER TO PRODUCE.
False.
MYTH NO. 5: CARS GET LOWER GAS MILEAGE WITH ETHANOL.
OK, this one’s true."
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of course not it is the code symbol for big lobbying group Farm Bureau. Might as well be the Farm Bureau logo on the helmet. keep those subsidies coming boys and girls!
well bro we are headed to all electric cars we ain't messing with no fuels in the future. Elon Musk says so. Must save the planet!
From some one whose inlaws have a dairy farm in Iowa, I'll just say"You've got to be kidding with that". You've obviously never been on a working farm in your life.
Livestock farms agree, but grain farming is not what it was in 1920.
Lots of tough jobs in this world my friend. So we should feel sorry for one tough occupation? What about the factory workers processing said food? The people transporting said food? The store clerks moving and stocking said food? The people who have to stand for hours on end checking out said food?
Get real tired of the old whoa is me, my life is hard and tough thing. Lots of people out in this world sucking it up and benefiting society every day.
Nice opinion piece by some person named
I'm sure in your research you saw there are many organizations worldwide that dispute the opionion of this writer Melissa Parietti...from MIT to Global CCS. I actually don't care other than why are there subsidies.
you have never been to a Amish community as the don't use any time of powered machinery and less than a century ago all this new found gagetry did not exist and the farmer did just fine feeding not only their family and the world.
Sorry to interrupt all the agriculture and Amish discussion, but I just wanted to add that I probably represent a large silent proportion of the Hawkeye fan base that loves the ANF sticker, and it has nothing to do with farmers or what the sticker was initially intended for.
Simply, the ANF sticker reminds me of Hayden, Chuck Long, 1985 and the golden age of Hawkeye football.
Simply, the ANF sticker reminds me of Hayden, Chuck Long, 1985 and the golden age of Hawkeye football.
