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Re: What happened to farming pride?
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Posted by Darald on February 11, 2005 at 10:39:44 from (216.67.198.167):
In Reply to: What happened to farming pride? posted by Youngfarmerguy on February 10, 2005 at 21:54:54:
Well young farmer guy you started an interesting thread. For generations farmers have been risking their lives in the heat, cold, wind, droughts, floods, fires, fatigue to keep cheap food on the worlds table. I started over 40 years ago when the future didn't look any better than it does today. The last class from my farm economics prof in college, he sat at the front of the room and stated that he had no way in hell to know how those of us who would farm would ever make it. Over the years I have had occasion to meet several of my class and as a general rule those who went farming are worth a million at least and many are worth much more. Those who went to work for the social (govt) programs are going to have a slim retirement in comparison. What am I trying to say, "If you have the dream and the desire, you can make it work, in spite of the system" Now, having said that, you have to be realistic in the 21st century, it is going to be different. There will be more (govt types call them stratigic alliances) partnerships with suppliers and end users, and in essence you will be a partner of a corporation, (buy some shares). I have always thought we should not be producing food, no one wants to pay for it, grow recreation, or drugs (legal) or fuel (here now and growing) and don't forget about farming the government. Folks will pay for this stuff, the bank does not care where the money comes from.
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