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Post by avordvet on Jul 28, 2013 4:56:35 GMT -5
You gotta be kidding me! The deeper you dig...
Why Does The United States Government Need A "Raisin Reserve?"
Doug Mataconis, Friday, July 26, 2013
Until I read about a Florida Congressman who wants to eliminate it, I had no idea the United States has a “raisin reserve,†and I’ve got to wonder why it ever existed in the first place:
www.outsidethebeltway.com/why-does-the-united-states-government-need-a-raisin-reserve/ Yes, the Federal Government Hoards Raisins
By Claire Suddath, July 11, 2013
Let's say you want to become a raisin farmer. This is probably a bad business model if you live in, say, northern Minnesota, but in California's San Joaquin Valley it makes a lot of sense, since that's where most U.S. raisins--and half the raisins in the world--come from. You can see the Sun-Maid and Dole Food (DOLE) fields as you drive along the highway, their grapes shriveling in the sun. So you move to Fresno, buy some land, grow some grapes, turn them into raisins and then sell them.
Wait, not so fast. Did you give part of your crop to the federal raisin reserve?
www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-11/yes-the-federal-government-hoards-raisins
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