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Why buy store even catfish nuggets white catfish farmers market is reddish?

Mother bought groceries bought nuggets and went and bought a catfish farm market. The color was like night and day. The seeds were white but the catfish farmers market is red. Are not the freshest fish red?

The "nuggets" in the grocery store more often cuts catfish fillets they sell. If we look in the whole fish fillets in the marketplace, the center is thicker, reddish outside whiter, and closer to the edge.

Made in the USA? Texas Cotton agriculture and foreign-made clothing

I was at a local store the other day and runs a clothing sale. Thus I went shopping.

The original price of the first shirt I saw was $ 90. You gotta be kidding, I thought. It was a business casual shirt, the type that carry khaki pants. Long sleeve, size large, with buttons on the neck. Blue with white stripes, 100 percent cotton, made in India. They said if it was of our local agriculture industry in Texas cotton. The shirt was marked at half price to $ 45.

Forty-five dollars for a shirt? You to be kidding. I usually buy three shirts for $ 45. Well, I did not realize from the sale "to 30 percent discounted merchandise out" sign. The final price, $ 31.50.

Thirty to fifty for a shirt? You gotta be kidding. I decided I did not need shirts, especially if cotton farmers Texas were not involved

But I needed some socks to wear with my white sneakers. So I went to the half of the department.

Eighteen six pairs of dollars? You gotta be kidding. Note, the socks were designed, made in Colombia. I'm not naming names, but had a finger gold. So I went into socks, too.

As I was leaving the store in disgust, with empty hands, I noticed some Nike T-shirts. Curiosity got the better of me. They were 100 percent cotton T-shirts, held in El Salvador. Regular Price $ 28. Price $ 14. You gotta be kidding.

What is my point?

A bale of cotton, about 480 pounds, is sufficient to make 765 companies shirts, socks 4321 and 1217 jerseys. Those items sold as follows:

• 765 business shirts $ 90 a pop to be sold for $ 68,850. Half price will sell for $ 34,425 and 30 percent of half the price sold at $ 24,097.50. One shirt has a little over half a pound of cotton. The farmer receives about 68 cents per pound for higher quality cotton. No matter what the price-$ 90, $ 45, or $ 31.50, the farmer receives about 41 cents per shirt.
• 4321's socks are translated into 2160 with a couple to spare. Retail in six pairs for $ 18 comes to $ 6,480. The farmer receives about 91 cents for the six pairs or a little over 15 cents per pair.
• And the T-shirts Nike? 1217 T-shirts would sell for $ 34,076 full price, half price $ 17,038. The cotton farmer receives about 17 cents per shirt regardless of price.

So here's where we are. While that our domestic textile mills and manufacturers have almost disappeared, foreign workers are making $ 90 shirts, socks $ 18 and $ 25 T-shirts negotiation of price and shipping cotton to the United States. Not Made in USA labels here. Meanwhile, our economy is in the pits, unemployment exceeds 10 percent and farmers struggle to survive.

The price of the shirt must come down. The price of cotton has to go up.

Have a great week.

About the Author

Mike Barnett is the publications director for the Texas Farm Bureau, the voice of Texas agriculture of all kinds, including Texas cotton farming. The TFB is committed to improving the lives of America’s farmers through advocacy, education and awareness.