This Memorial Day—May 26th, 2014—greets a war-weary America scarred by over a decade of conflict, by a War on Terror now drawing rapidly to its close. The Iraq War concluded more than two years ago, and all combat operations in Afghanistan are set to end by Christmas. Troops are withdrawing, and our most central objectives have been achieved. Osama bin Laden is dead, the 9/11 terrorist attacks have been avenged, and both Iraq and Afghanistan now possess functioning, if fragile, democratic... read more
In mid-April I attended a Hill Farm Poultry Board meeting. While at that meeting, I questioned the integrator personnel in attendance (Foster Farms, Raeford, and Pilgrim’s) about the income and expense projections they were now using. I was shocked to hear that the projections were no longer put in writing due to lawsuits filed against the integrators. How can a lender and a prospective grower calculate income and expenses for a loan if the integrator doesn’t supply them with projections?... read more
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