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<blockquote data-quote="dank" data-source="post: 176902" data-attributes="member: 2945">What? I love making money although my track record would show I'm not very good at it. I also don't need to prove my &quot;ag cred&quot; to you in order to point out that a)grassy butte soil isn't highly erodable via wind b)wildfires are good for grasslands and this countries obsession with fire suppression in wild lands has hurt far more than it has helped and c) if you are going to use wind erosion/blowing soil as the primary reason to extinguish a fire you better prepare yourself to opening up the argument that conventional ag practices put far more dirt at risk than does a prairie fire in western ND. I absolutely despise the direction that the conversation in this thread has taken to evolve into a debate over farm bill policy. GST raises some valid points on how the average American farmer has no choice but to be signed up on farm programs and although I don't get overly passionate about debating politics the $$$ spent on agriculture is insignificant in the scheme of the Federal budget and and becomes a strawman argument to attack farmers. However, if you want to read my comment as an insult on ag rather than a simple observation, go ahead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dank, post: 176902, member: 2945"] What? I love making money although my track record would show I'm not very good at it. I also don't need to prove my "ag cred" to you in order to point out that a)grassy butte soil isn't highly erodable via wind b)wildfires are good for grasslands and this countries obsession with fire suppression in wild lands has hurt far more than it has helped and c) if you are going to use wind erosion/blowing soil as the primary reason to extinguish a fire you better prepare yourself to opening up the argument that conventional ag practices put far more dirt at risk than does a prairie fire in western ND. I absolutely despise the direction that the conversation in this thread has taken to evolve into a debate over farm bill policy. GST raises some valid points on how the average American farmer has no choice but to be signed up on farm programs and although I don't get overly passionate about debating politics the $$$ spent on agriculture is insignificant in the scheme of the Federal budget and and becomes a strawman argument to attack farmers. However, if you want to read my comment as an insult on ag rather than a simple observation, go ahead. [/QUOTE]

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