Comments for FindTheFarmer.com Blog http://findthefarmer.com/blog Making sure that wheat stays good for you and an the environment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:58:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on About by Rachel Arieff http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?page_id=2&cpage=1#comment-5610 Rachel Arieff Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:58:54 +0000 http://FINDTHEFARMER.COM/blog/?page_id=2#comment-5610 Hi Josh! Congratulations on building a conscientious business with a fun, attractive website. I think it's fantastic. Hope you have a great year, full of success. Hi Josh! Congratulations on building a conscientious business with a fun, attractive website. I think it’s fantastic. Hope you have a great year, full of success.

]]> Comment on New York Times! by admin http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-8 admin Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:07:14 +0000 http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=22#comment-8 Thanks Steve! Yes, this was a great launch! Over the weekend, the FindTheFarmer.com website had 5,410 visits from 5,150 unique visitors. We had visitors from every single state in the US and 77 foreign countries! Top 10 State ranking was: CA, NY, WA, MA, OR, TX, IL, PA, NJ, FL...... Thanks Steve! Yes, this was a great launch! Over the weekend, the FindTheFarmer.com website had 5,410 visits from 5,150 unique visitors. We had visitors from every single state in the US and 77 foreign countries! Top 10 State ranking was: CA, NY, WA, MA, OR, TX, IL, PA, NJ, FL……

]]> Comment on New York Times! by steve matsen http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-7 steve matsen Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:49:01 +0000 http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=22#comment-7 Looks like Fred needs an agent. You too, Josh after your video goes viral, gotta say you had star power as a kid, too. I was looking for comments after the article, but didn't find any. Gimmicky, Josh? I know you're just trying to lower expectations, but Fred says this harkens back to having a corner grocer who buys from the mill in town. When I used to go to the feed mill as a kid with my Dad I thought how come we aren't getting our cereal here..it sure smells good. Josh, please don't be modest, we are all very proud to be dialed in, connected, blogged, and downloaded. C'mon! What a great launch, Steve Looks like Fred needs an agent. You too, Josh after your video goes viral, gotta say you had star power as a kid, too. I was looking for comments after the article, but didn’t find any. Gimmicky, Josh? I know you’re just trying to lower expectations, but Fred says this harkens back to having a corner grocer who buys from the mill in town. When I used to go to the feed mill as a kid with my Dad I thought how come we aren’t getting our cereal here..it sure smells good. Josh, please don’t be modest, we are all very proud to be dialed in, connected, blogged, and downloaded. C’mon! What a great launch, Steve

]]> Comment on Connecting farmers and consumers, since 2009. by I. Lightle http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-6 I. Lightle Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:27:21 +0000 http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=6#comment-6 Hello from Maine! I was reading an article in The NY Times and was fascinated by your concept of Meet the Farmer. While not a farmer myself my family farmed in Washington and Oregon on one side and Iowa on the other for generations. Your comments on no till farming are just as applicable to the home garden. I've been an advocate of the method for some time. As a baker of all the bread I consume I can also agree that one bag of flour is not like an other. When I make it back west I'll look out for your line. Best Wishes! Hello from Maine! I was reading an article in The NY Times and was fascinated by your concept of Meet the Farmer. While not a farmer myself my family farmed in Washington and Oregon on one side and Iowa on the other for generations. Your comments on no till farming are just as applicable to the home garden. I’ve been an advocate of the method for some time. As a baker of all the bread I consume I can also agree that one bag of flour is not like an other. When I make it back west I’ll look out for your line. Best Wishes!

]]> Comment on Wheat Prices by admin http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-4 admin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:54:29 +0000 http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=12#comment-4 Hey Steve! Yes, it is complicated and I do appreciate the conversations we've had around this topic. I am certainly not as well versed in the minutiae that you have to contend with when pricing your crop! I am still wondering how consumers will react to the pricing transparency and honesty in our costs..... Hey Steve! Yes, it is complicated and I do appreciate the conversations we’ve had around this topic. I am certainly not as well versed in the minutiae that you have to contend with when pricing your crop!

I am still wondering how consumers will react to the pricing transparency and honesty in our costs…..

]]> Comment on Wheat Prices by steve http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=12&cpage=1#comment-3 steve Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:29:47 +0000 http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=12#comment-3 Josh, I had a very long and well thoughtout response you seemed to have called for, but it didn't post so I have to do it over again. On second thought here is a letter from a month ago that says some of what I'm thinking. We are seeing historical changes in markets all around the world. Traders, investors, buyers, and sellers of all kinds of hard assets, stocks, bonds, and futures and options are rocked by violent price swings, opaque derivates, gross manipulation, and downright fraud. It seems that the functions of price making and discovery in all markets are affected by the financial markets to a greater or lesser degree. Those with the greater exposure to nearby dysfunctional financial markets are the most distorted. Our commodity markets have a large number of funds that overwhelm hedgers in volume and dollar participation. Speculators are inherent and necessary in any functioning futures or stock market, but when their presence dwarfs all other players combined then bad things happen. The first public catastrophe in this episode was Enron and nothing has changed since. I personally believe the index funds have been good for commodities in general because they trade from the long only side. For too long, commodities in general have been kept cheap by the financial market participants. The financials dislike commodities, higher commodity prices require a larger portion of any budget, or business dollars go to inputs leaving less liquidity market wide for investment. Lower prices for commodities are great until markets are manipulated, corrupted and then all returns are distorted, wrecking honest returns that are the basis for sustainable economic activity. Early last year and the end of 2007 saw record prices in wheat futures and cash markets. As prices rocketed, speculators left the marketplace and open interest or the number of open trades in futures declined according to the CFTC. Only commercials and small specs were left to run prices to the lofty levels we saw last year. This was real in the cash markets with basis at record levels, too. Financial bridges to nowhere are hugely worse than actual ones. Our commodity markets are far removed from our actual and necessary farming activities. We function based on how we react to up and down swings in the price of wheat. It's one way, no feedback, no negotiating, take it or leave it. Shepherds Grain gets us to basics, to actual costs, to legitimate returns, to necessary knowledge from and to our customers. It's about time. Steve Josh, I had a very long and well thoughtout response you seemed to have called for, but it didn’t post so I have to do it over again. On second thought here is a letter from a month ago that says some of what I’m thinking.
We are seeing historical changes in markets all around the world. Traders, investors, buyers, and sellers of all kinds of hard assets, stocks, bonds, and futures and options are rocked by violent price swings, opaque derivates, gross manipulation, and downright fraud. It seems that the functions of price making and discovery in all markets are affected by the financial markets to a greater or lesser degree. Those with the greater exposure to nearby dysfunctional financial markets are the most distorted. Our commodity markets have a large number of funds that overwhelm hedgers in volume and dollar participation. Speculators are inherent and necessary in any functioning futures or stock market, but when their presence dwarfs all other players combined then bad things happen. The first public catastrophe in this episode was Enron and nothing has changed since. I personally believe the index funds have been good for commodities in general because they trade from the long only side. For too long, commodities in general have been kept cheap by the financial market participants. The financials dislike commodities, higher commodity prices require a larger portion of any budget, or business dollars go to inputs leaving less liquidity market wide for investment. Lower prices for commodities are great until markets are manipulated, corrupted and then all returns are distorted, wrecking honest returns that are the basis for sustainable economic activity. Early last year and the end of 2007 saw record prices in wheat futures and cash markets. As prices rocketed, speculators left the marketplace and open interest or the number of open trades in futures declined according to the CFTC. Only commercials and small specs were left to run prices to the lofty levels we saw last year. This was real in the cash markets with basis at record levels, too. Financial bridges to nowhere are hugely worse than actual ones. Our commodity markets are far removed from our actual and necessary farming activities. We function based on how we react to up and down swings in the price of wheat. It’s one way, no feedback, no negotiating, take it or leave it. Shepherds Grain gets us to basics, to actual costs, to legitimate returns, to necessary knowledge from and to our customers. It’s about time. Steve

]]> Comment on One small step for man, one giant wheat for mankind… by Steven Meyers http://findthefarmer.com/blog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-2 Steven Meyers Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:50:07 +0000 http://FINDTHEFARMER.COM/blog/?p=3#comment-2 Josh, I love the site! Keep it up! When will I be able to find my farmers down here in Austin? Josh,

I love the site! Keep it up! When will I be able to find my farmers down here in Austin?

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