At Any Price Page #2

- Drive to Rippey.

- Ain't nothing in Rippey

but ditch water and herpes.

It's like two hours away.

What else were you gonna do

with two hours in Iowa?

Let's go.

I gotta ask you something.

I need a job.

Uh-oh. What about

your seed cleaning business?

After 42 years,

I have to close my doors.

Nobody uses natural seeds

anymore, look around.

Ninety percent

are genetically modified.

Ninety-three percent

GMOs and rising.

Yeah, well, whatever.

That place of yours, that's gotta

be worth at least 3 million.

Well, that's tied up

in equipment mostly.

And besides, what if

we have another dust bowl?

That's a mighty disappointing

thing to say to a friend.

Especially after the not-so-legal

job I did for you in the past.

Hey. Whoa. Huh.

Will you keep your voice down?

I paid you then, remember?

I'm just reminding you,

that's all. That's all.

Well, I don't like it.

All I'm saying, begging.

Is even one or two days a week

of honest work would help me.

I'm sorry,

buddy, I can't give you a job.

I hope it doesn't come between us.

Congratulations on a fine talk.

Thanks very much.

Henry Whipple.

Yeah.

You've heard of me. Number

one Liberty Seed salesman

in seven counties

of southwestern Iowa,

including Greene,

Union, Ringgold, Decatur...

Is that right? Ha-ha-ha.

Sure is. Ha, ha.

And I have a nice-sized farm

up in Churdan,

family-owned for four generations.

Three thousand seven hundred

acres, as of today.

Now, if I could be personally

certain of your product,

give it the Whipple seal

of approval,

maybe there's something

that I could do to help you.

Are you asking for free samples?

Sir, I never ask anything from a man

other than respect, trust and loyalty.

Jim. Jim. Thank you so much

for letting me use your name.

No. My pleasure. What you said about

glyphosate locking up nutrients

like manganese and iron

struck a chord.

We'll spread the word.

Count on it.

Henry.

Jim.

Everything good?

Hunky-dory.

I can see that you're all tied up.

We'll talk later. Um...

Yes.

Just remember,

I am number one in seven counties,

including Boone, Garrison,

Decatur...

Dad's got Decatur.

Brad.

What are you talking about?

Sorry, Henry.

There's no apologies needed. I know

Brad's kidding about Decatur, right?

No. Dad took it last week.

We're number one

in 24 counties now.

"Took" is a strong word.

- You know, if this is a bad time?

- No. Not at all, Roger.

Just a meeting of the minds, a couple of

Liberty men. That's all. Right, Henry?

So, what customer did you take?

Just some people.

Some people?

Wanted to try a new tactic

on their farms, that's all.

I'm sure they'll be back with you next year.

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