re: #39 austin_blue

I wonder how much of that $12 billion is going to Archer Daniels Midland and how much is going to smaller family farms?

Even here in Wisconsin, there really aren’t many “smaller family farms”. Your typical dairy operation has over 1,000 cows, your typical crop operation is working over 800 acres. They may be “privately owned” as opposed to public stock ownership, but they are multi-million dollar ventures. No different from Menards, privately owned, a few family members involved, doesn’t make them a family hardware store as I remember them.