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Re: long trend hits pretty close to home


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Posted by T-Rev on April 12, 2009 at 19:25:38 from (71.114.193.66):

In Reply to: long trend hits pretty close to home posted by phillip d on April 12, 2009 at 17:08:43:

He stated that the old man is a creep. The sad thing is the son in law and the grandkids have lost the farm. You should have sympathy for a factory worker who loses his job. And you should have sympathy for a farmer that loses his farm. Farming is a much tougher business than others, there are fewer and fewer farmers every decade. This is a MAJOR PROBLEM. Maybe he could have done things different, but you shouldn"t have to be the single best in the county to survive. Back in the old days you could work hard and make a good living. Guys are blind if they don"t see major red flags for the future of agricultural rural areas. I"m talking 10 farmers per county if something doesn"t give. This is a HUGE PROBLEM for our future.

Every night I pray that God will bless the small farmer, that he will put back the profit, the opportunity, the pride, the desire and the youth. I pray for 500 acre farm sized equipment instead of todays behemoth combines. I pray for the continuance of the single pole barn, 2 grain bin 160 acre farm. I pray for the returned viability of 350 acre full time grain farmers, 150 acre serious part time farmers, 50 head dairies, etc. I pray that we can go back to the day where you could get into farming on your own.

In 3 generations we have seen the substantial reduction of the American farmer. With 12 row combines, 24 row planters and an average age of 57 we are particularly seeing the ERADICATION of American grain farmers.

Trevor


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