Glen Lowellthorne..That "middle of nowhere" you talk about produces abut 80% of the wheat in this country, and much of the edible beans, sunflowers etc. We dont grow much corn for ethanol, cost of production is VERY high and transport is a problem. You people in the east are fortunate to live in rent controlled or subsidized housing, get food stamps and other publice assistance. The west coast guys live off the taxpayer by working for aerospace companies., and overhead bloated contracts....Read that carefully, because it as much a wrong generalization as the crap I read about farmers. We are ALL faced with problems in this country.......Dig in