Sweet Corn, Inflation! And Iowa.....

[joelbc1]

Jeeebus keeeerist, it must be a slow news day! Did you know the price of sweet corn is going up! Fertilizer, fuel and associated costs and I’ll be damned....the price is increasing!
No way let’s have have some damned perspective....it is phuquin’ SWEET cORN! Corn on the cob! Something we eat in Iowa for about 6 weeks a year, if we eat it at all! Hellsbells, half of Iowans can’t eat the stuff because they have no teeth or their colons reject it.....and don’t get cocky you Gator-wannabes...you have the same issues! Yet the local news keeps running this “inflation” story like it has some major economic impact on the state.....Get a clue guys, it does NOT!
Iowans are foolish enough to keep buying the stuff regardless of the price...hellsbells, they will buy anything...they voted for Trump twice! I doubt anyone in Iowa is gonna starve to death because they didn’t get their portion of sweet corn this summer. It just is no big deal....perhaps a pimple on the ass of an elephant but not much more. In case you haven’t noticed, the price of shit has been going up for several decades! Finally let me suggest...if the price is “too high” buy something else!
I do wish Soybean an outstanding year of sales!

 

[Slappy Pappy]

How's ring bologna and Dutch letters prices?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

I'm sure this will only impact sweet corn and not field corn or beans.....




Also, I've got a bodacious crop that is looking 🔥 right now.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Sounds like Joel's diverticulitis is flaring up.

 

[joelbc1]

How's ring bologna and Dutch letters prices?

It makes no difference..l
IntVeld’s is worth any price, but always pay “the local price” ...I don’t buy “letters”...the best bang for your buck are the almond bankets (more almond paste)....only one bakery sells bankets....Insider’s hint: the best bankets can be bought at Tulip Time from the local church auxiliaries.
God and Jesus smile upon Pella because they love almond paste, too!

My educated guess on ringed bologna prices would be $5-5.50/ ring.

 

[joelbc1]

Sounds like Joel's diverticulitis is flaring up.

I have had several good months now....This SPRING I started eating more almonds and pistachios ( doctor’s suggestion),...it’s been a Godsend for my rather temperamental colon. But corn is a nasty vegetable for me to digest and I shy away from it. I have devoured several bags of popcorn in the past 3-4 months without anything extreme or unusual. But, it is “higher grade” ( cleaner, less husks) popcorn..that might mKe a difference. There might come a day in a week or so where I will try one ear of corn...but we shall see.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

I have had several good months now....This SPRING I started eating more almonds and pistachios ( doctor’s suggestion),...it’s been a Godsend for my rather temperamental colon. But corn is a nasty vegetable for me to digest and I shy away from it. I have devoured several bags of popcorn in the past 3-4 months without anything extreme or unusual. But, it is “higher grade” ( cleaner, less husks) popcorn..that might mKe a difference. There might come a day in a week or so where I will try one ear of corn...but we shall see.

Haven't eaten sweet corn in 12 years. Took me about 5 attacks to learn.

 

[Derekd3408]

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

In case you missed it in one of the other sweet corn threads...

 

[TJ8869]

What’s your water bill up to, Joel?

 

[runkpanole]

Joel, did you kill the whole twelve pack on the golf course today?

 

[joelbc1]

Haven't eaten sweet corn in 12 years. Took me about 5 attacks to learn.

Honestly, I would rather eat cabbage and sauerkraut! I dearly love them but my colon says, “Go ahead...you will pay tomorrow!”
Sometimes though, a brat gets the sauerkraut! And tomorrow, I suffer in silence.

 

[joelbc1]

What’s your water bill up to, Joel?

Urbandale did raise it’s water rates a few months ago. But, I still put water in the pool. I never water the lawn. Ever. Never wash my car at home, either.

 

[joelbc1]

Joel, did you kill the whole twelve pack on the golf course today?

I drink very little beer any more. Seldom if ever drink beer on the golf course. I do my drinking when I float in my pool.

 

[QChawks]

 

[MWardT]

Inflation has no economic impact!

 

[Slappy Pappy]

Inflation has no economic impact!

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Don't forget the best part:

"The Guardian's findings are in line with recent US commerce department data that shows corporate profits rose 35% during the last year and are at their highest level since 1950. Inflation, meanwhile, rose to 8.5% year over year in March.Apr 27, 2022"

Yeah, but you keep pretending that 8.5% inflation is due to anything more than pure corporate greed. It's not like us taxpayers just gave them a permanent 25% tax cut 5 years ago....oh wait.

 

[ozzyrulz]

How's ring bologna and Dutch letters

Jeeebus keeeerist, it must be a slow news day! Did you know the price of sweet corn is going up! Fertilizer, fuel and associated costs and I’ll be damned....the price is increasing!
No way let’s have have some damned perspective....it is phuquin’ SWEET cORN! Corn on the cob! Something we eat in Iowa for about 6 weeks a year, if we eat it at all! Hellsbells, half of Iowans can’t eat the stuff because they have no teeth or their colons reject it.....and don’t get cocky you Gator-wannabes...you have the same issues! Yet the local news keeps running this “inflation” story like it has some major economic impact on the state.....Get a clue guys, it does NOT!
Iowans are foolish enough to keep buying the stuff regardless of the price...hellsbells, they will buy anything...they voted for Trump twice! I doubt anyone in Iowa is gonna starve to death because they didn’t get their portion of sweet corn this summer. It just is no big deal....perhaps a pimple on the ass of an elephant but not much more. In case you haven’t noticed, the price of shit has been going up for several decades! Finally let me suggest...if the price is “too high” buy something else!
I do wish Soybean an outstanding year of sales!

Give me sweet corn or give me death!

 

[millah_22]

Jeeebus keeeerist, it must be a slow news day! Did you know the price of sweet corn is going up! Fertilizer, fuel and associated costs and I’ll be damned....the price is increasing!
No way let’s have have some damned perspective....it is phuquin’ SWEET cORN! Corn on the cob! Something we eat in Iowa for about 6 weeks a year, if we eat it at all! Hellsbells, half of Iowans can’t eat the stuff because they have no teeth or their colons reject it.....and don’t get cocky you Gator-wannabes...you have the same issues! Yet the local news keeps running this “inflation” story like it has some major economic impact on the state.....Get a clue guys, it does NOT!
Iowans are foolish enough to keep buying the stuff regardless of the price...hellsbells, they will buy anything...they voted for Trump twice! I doubt anyone in Iowa is gonna starve to death because they didn’t get their portion of sweet corn this summer. It just is no big deal....perhaps a pimple on the ass of an elephant but not much more. In case you haven’t noticed, the price of shit has been going up for several decades! Finally let me suggest...if the price is “too high” buy something else!
I do wish Soybean an outstanding year of sales!

TL DR

 

[millah_22]

In case you missed it in one of the other sweet corn threads...

Would you eat it and give make it a happy corn?

 

[millah_22]

Honestly, I would rather eat cabbage and sauerkraut! I dearly love them but my colon says, “Go ahead...you will pay tomorrow!”
Sometimes though, a brat gets the sauerkraut! And tomorrow, I suffer in silence.

like... big farts? or huge mud pie dumps?

 

[joelbc1]

like... big farts? or huge mud pie dumps?

Gas...and gut pain...sometimes a little fever if there is an infection...I drink a lot of water until the situation resolved itself.

 

[Hawkman98]

Have you seen the price of Pepsi lately?

 

[hawkeye54545]

How's ring bologna and Dutch letters prices?

A small town in the area does a ring bologna and sweet corn boil. I guess I missed the connection.

 

[millah_22]

Gas...and gut pain...sometimes a little fever if there is an infection...I drink a lot of water until the situation resolved itself.

There is no world I live in where cabbage is worth that.

 

[beanerhawk]

Sweet corn and BLT's, a staple for me every summer. Just awesome, can't wait. I hope it's $12 a dozen to help out those poor farmers.

 

[runkpanole]

Sweet corn and BLT's, a staple for me every summer. Just awesome, can't wait. I hope it's $12 a dozen to help out those poor farmers.

Those poor farmers with their sweet government subsidies.

 

[EagleHawk]

How's ring bologna and Dutch letters prices?

I'm guessing they have dropped significantly since early May. Thanks Joe.

 

[QChawks]

Sweet corn and BLT's, a staple for me every summer.

Same

 

[QChawks]

 

[joelbc1]

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I drove over to Lake Panorama the other day...the corn and bean fields along #44 look outstanding! Can’t ever remember seeing Iowa countryside looking better. There is a certain beauty to Iowa that is unique.

 

[QChawks]

I drove over to Lake Panorama the other day...the corn and bean fields along #44 look outstanding! Can’t ever remember seeing Iowa countryside looking better. There is a certain beauty to Iowa that is unique.

I agree, I travel a fair amount and I enjoy the views of forests, desert, mountains and beaches but there is something about the rolling fields of corn that really stand out.