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#1 2005-08-09 11:30:37
- Palomar
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Re: 485,000 ton surplus...(Jimmy Carter concerned?)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050809/ap_ … e_1]Legume overload
*By Jiff, what a predicament. Suppose folks will Skippy over to the farm faster than Peter Pan can fly to purchase some of the surplus? 
--Cindy
(And if the store shelves are any indication, we've also got a surplus of those orange marshmallow "Circus Peanut" candies...who eats those things, anyway?)
P.S.: Make all peanut butter super-extra crunchy; that'll take care of the surplus. 
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#2 2005-08-09 12:52:42
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Re: 485,000 ton surplus...(Jimmy Carter concerned?)
From the article:
"We're afraid if we cost the government a lot of money, we'll get less in the next farm bill," said Tyron Spearman, executive director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association.
And there's the real problem. Too many peanuts, prices go down, taxpayers make up the per-ton difference thanks to federal subsidies.
Only government could make a surplus of food into a problem.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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#3 2005-08-09 18:13:42
- srmeaney
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Re: 485,000 ton surplus...(Jimmy Carter concerned?)
If they had any go, they would direct the surplus into "seed stocks" and ship it off to Africa to grow even more. They could even Contract Africa to grow and produce peanut and peanut oil.
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#4 2005-08-09 18:40:32
- John Creighton
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Re: 485,000 ton surplus...(Jimmy Carter concerned?)
If they had any go, they would direct the surplus into "seed stocks" and ship it off to Africa to grow even more. They could even Contract Africa to grow and produce peanut and peanut oil.
Maybe we should feed them all to the elephants ?????? Either them or the fluffy bunnies ????? Maybe they could be dropped out of plans in the next war?????? Hmmmm…..what to do with all the peanuts……
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#5 2005-08-10 05:51:51
- srmeaney
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Re: 485,000 ton surplus...(Jimmy Carter concerned?)
could always spray peanut oil on canada like napalm. At least the beer will taste better...
process it for fertilizer.
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