Michael Ballard Quotes (8 Quotes)

Prohibiting direct transactions between producers and consumers only results in paralyzing competition and consumer choice.

The truth be told, wholesalers aren't even concerned about small wineries. They're worried about the Amazon.coms setting up centralized warehouses and selling alcoholic beverages.

It is then her decision what to do next. We just make recommendations.

But many investors prefer to make offers to property owners before foreclosure. A lot of times they'll slam the door in your face, ... But sometimes you can convince them that you can help them walk away less scathed than if the bank forecloses on them.

Some winemakers have doubts about Sisson's plan. If you're talking about a transaction that involves a consumer in Florida and a producer in Saratoga, Calif., where is the value-add in inserting this middleman ... The only thing it accomplishes is for wholesalers to participate in the profits of that transaction.

I join Dean Frances Coleman, the director of our campus library system, in thanking Mr. Barnes for this significant contribution. It will greatly enhance our collection.

It is ironic that the Internet, an industry I participated in and contributed to the development of, is now potentially being blackballed as a mechanism of the delivery of the very product I'm now producing.

All are related to agriculture. Most of the material focuses on the Mississippi Delta, but other parts include images from throughout the United States and several foreign countries.