LudwigsFountain said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I've read that California needs to reduce its total producing vineyard acreage to approximately 410,000425,000 acres to balance supply with current demand.

That's a lot of acreage.

A ton of high quality cabernet grapes that used to sell for $10 - $12,000 are now going for $2500.

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410,000,425,000 acres?

Is that a typo? Equal to 640 million square miles. That's orders of magnitude bigger than all of California

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LudwigsFountain said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I've read that California needs to reduce its total producing vineyard acreage to approximately 410,000425,000 acres to balance supply with current demand.

That's a lot of acreage.

A ton of high quality cabernet grapes that used to sell for $10 - $12,000 are now going for $2500.

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410,000,425,000 acres?

Is that a typo? Equal to 640 million square miles. That's orders of magnitude bigger than all of California

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Aunburdened said:

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LudwigsFountain said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I've read that California needs to reduce its total producing vineyard acreage to approximately 410,000425,000 acres to balance supply with current demand.

That's a lot of acreage.

A ton of high quality cabernet grapes that used to sell for $10 - $12,000 are now going for $2500.

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410,000,425,000 acres?

Is that a typo? Equal to 640 million square miles. That's orders of magnitude bigger than all of California

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AntiochWags doesn't make mistakes. Just ask him.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 19, 2026

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— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 5, 2026

DiabloWags said:

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Aunburdened said:

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LudwigsFountain said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I've read that California needs to reduce its total producing vineyard acreage to approximately 410,000425,000 acres to balance supply with current demand.

That's a lot of acreage.

A ton of high quality cabernet grapes that used to sell for $10 - $12,000 are now going for $2500.

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410,000,425,000 acres?

Is that a typo? Equal to 640 million square miles. That's orders of magnitude bigger than all of California

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AntiochWags doesn't make mistakes. Just ask him.

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I've made plenty of mistakes in my life because Ive had skin in the game. One thing the financial markets have taught me is how to CUT YOUR LOSERS.

You should put some money at RISK in the market someday. You might learn something valuable like I did.

PS. Notice that liberals like Bernie and Liz never use the word RISK. It's not in their vocabulary.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - - - Margaret Thatcher

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DiabloWags said:

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U.S. cattle herds are at the lowest level in 75 years, putting meat in short supply and spurring ground beef prices up 17% since a year ago January and up 68% since 2020.

Must be Biden's fault.

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DiabloWags said:

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U.S. cattle herds are at the lowest level in 75 years, putting meat in short supply and spurring ground beef prices up 17% since a year ago January and up 68% since 2020.

Must be Biden's fault.

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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U.S. cattle herds are at the lowest level in 75 years, putting meat in short supply and spurring ground beef prices up 17% since a year ago January and up 68% since 2020.

Must be Biden's fault.

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Based on your comment alone, this appears to be 75% Biden's fault.

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Of course, your comment naively neglects to consider that steers don't just show up overnight.
They take on average 90 to 200 days to reach optimal weight.

And never mind that Ranchers began shrinking their herds several years ago because of poor financial conditions stemming from the Covid pandemic.

A severe draught also burned up grazing pastures, sending hay prices dramatically higher and making it more expensive to feed livestock.

Drought and Cattle: Implications for Ranchers

Hope this helps educate you on the topic.

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DiabloWags said:

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Here, let me help educate you again with a free link to a recent article in the WSJ.
It describes why Ranchers have been shrinking their herds since Covid.

Covid had a massive impact on our food supply did it not?
So are you blaming Biden for Covid and shrinking the beef supply?

https://www.wsj.com/business/beef-prices-higher-cattle-2e0a9b65?st=dmXqej&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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The major shrinkage was in Biden's administration, and he was powerless to do anything to stop it. Got it. Thank you for clarifying. I could have sworn you were implying that Trump was at fault. Thanks again for clarifying that you weren't.

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And where did I say that?

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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The major shrinkage was in Biden's administration, and he was powerless to do anything to stop it. Got it. Thank you for clarifying. I could have sworn you were implying that Trump was at fault. Thanks again for clarifying that you weren't.

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And where did I say that?

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It is fine that you weren't implying that. Maybe you were simply implying that Trump would blame Biden and carried no further implications. Is it okay to reply to you? You do realizing we are having a conversation with each other, right? Are you going to now post a count of my replies to you and complain that I am a stalker? It is getting very old.

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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oski003 said:

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The major shrinkage was in Biden's administration, and he was powerless to do anything to stop it. Got it. Thank you for clarifying. I could have sworn you were implying that Trump was at fault. Thanks again for clarifying that you weren't.

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And where did I say that?

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It is fine that you weren't implying that. Maybe you were simply implying that Trump would blame Biden and carried no further implications. Is it okay to reply to you? You do realizing we are having a conversation with each other, right? Are you going to now post a count of my replies to you and complain that I am a stalker? It is getting very old.

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Your reading comprehension is poor.
I not only stated that beef prices were up 16% since 2025 but also up 68% since 2020 when Biden was elected.

You can put me on IGNORE.
But you have refused to do so.

Instead, you involve yourself in these silly pedantic posts in which the majority of your REPLIES are to me and no one else in this Forum.

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