Re: Re: Re: Garbanzos for peace!

["Andrew Hagen" <xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a native of Fargo, North Dakota, and have spent quite a lot of time
on farms in the Great Plains. Do you have a more specific objection to
my remarks? Maybe I made some error.

Andrew Hagen
xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:48:29 -0500, phillp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Obviously, Andrew doesn't live on the prairies or deal with
>agricultural issues.  Pity.
>
>Paul Phillips,
>Economics,
>University of Manitoba
>
>> Most of the Great Plains does not need irrigation to produce crops with
>> enormous yields, year after year. There are many problems such as
>> overuse of insecticides and herbicides, and topsoil erosion, but we
>> shouldn't stop farming the land for those reasons.
>>
>> Andrew Hagen
>> xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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