Mr._Graybeard
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I've noticed wild-caught Patagonian shrimp showing up in the grocery stores. They're big and tasty but seem kind of beaten up.
Didn't know VW moved to NA. Thanks.Many North American companies that sell products in China have to agree to build their products there. Buick and Volkswagen come to mind. So they don't actually import.
You can buy gulf shrimp, they are the best. Go to Red Lobster, see if they sell Gulf Shrimp...
Didn't know VW moved to NA. Thanks.
Thoughts on the farm economy? Not much said recently about the Chinese switch from the US to Brazil on soy beans among other commodities. The seasonal market is a moving proposition, and not just resolved by temporary storage.
So far, the national news is discussing the DOW, NASDAQ, and S&P. Whatever happens in the coming days, the longer term effects will come from individual stocks, and the place in the world economy. Were I in the market, my time would be spent in understanding the most volatile stocks. Going with the flow, would be last on my list.
When the dust initially settles, a look a the individual rates that exceed the standard deviation as a guideline.
Didn't know VW moved to NA. Thanks.
The FI part of FIRE means I don't have to eat at Red Lobster.
Wild Gulf shrimp have a flavor and texture farm raised can't touch.
Confounding farming soy and corn with pineapples is very misleading. Soy and corn are the basis for most of the modern worlds diet. A market thousands of times larger than a specialty fruit market.
Back in the 90’s we had a batch of visitors at megacorp from China. They had our equipment and were here to checkout an important repair job we were performing for them. First night they went to Red Lobster for dinner since it was right by their hotel. They loved it so much they wanted to eat there every night! We offered much better options but they loved the Red Lobster!
Fast forward 20 years and the business from China went to almost zero. They buy o-rings and gaskets. They figured out how to do all the parts themselves. That’s what the companies moving there may find. They copy the tech and then you get nothing.
Did the markets drop earlier this week?
The US farms sell soybeans to Brazil. The Brazilian's sell soybeans to China. Problem solved.
Love it! - More BlueBell!!!Eek!!! Well gee, here we go again, folks.
Oh well, it's been nice.
That said, just six months ago the Dow was hundreds of points lower than it is now.
I would like to tweak MichaelB's cowbell response just slightly, because I think the perfect response for today is "More BLUEBELL!" Plus I plan to watch, wait, and do nothing. I'll diet later (yet again). Here is what you gotta get:
more cowbell?
Not sure if you were just being flippant? Won't work that way. The Brazilians are simply burning more Amazon forestland and planting soybeans. No need to buy anything from the US with scarce Brazilian cash.
I have family in Illinois that get paid NOT to plant corn by the government in order to keep prices high enough for the rest of 'em to make a living at it.well if fields in the midwest are any indication, China not buying won't be a problem, I've never seen so many unplanted fields in my life, it was really scary how many didn't get their crops in because of unusually wet spring.
If you coat it with cheese dust, it's Chetos Corn Puffs! I sometimes get deliveries with the puffs and feed them to my dogs. They make them out of rice starch too.The other interesting thing about corn and such for me is just how many non-food products they are making out of it. I just got a delivery from one of those "ugly fruit" deliveries which pack in styrfoam and ice bags so they can delivery on hot days.. well surprise to me that styrofoam slips out of the recyclable plastic sleeve and melts in water because its actually corn based.. now thats a cool use of corn.
I have family in Illinois that get paid NOT to plant corn by the government in order to keep prices high enough for the rest of 'em to make a living at it.
I wasn't aware that program was still in existence. It was very common place in my childhood. The fields I saw not planted, had made attempts to plant, they are falling under crop insurance claims. Either way it kills me to see fields not at least covered in cover crops, its just so bad environmentally and for the soil itself... its not the way I was taught to farm.
well if fields in the midwest are any indication, China not buying won't be a problem, I've never seen so many unplanted fields in my life, it was really scary how many didn't get their crops in because of unusually wet spring.
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