Re: What happened to farming pride?

Posted by riverbend on February 11, 2005 at 07:20:58 from (208.160.33.126):

In Reply to: What happened to farming pride? posted by Youngfarmerguy on February 10, 2005 at 21:54:54:

It is true farming ain't what it was when my folks were growing up. Farmers have been sold down the river by 50 years of federal programs and university extension. Government programs give the result that they were designed to produce.

Farmers are too damn independent and had to be beaten down. The Big Boys can't control millions of independent businessmen and women. They want everybody to work in a factory for just enough to keep them from staving to death. Then everybody should go home, have dog food for dinner, and sit in front of their TV.

I'd also say 'go to college'. The best thing it can do is teach you to think differently and give you an alternative perspective to look at farming. If your family has been farming for five generations, you probably know enough about farming, so take english, art, math, engineering, philosophy,....

Farming is a very satisfying way to make a living. My folks were living in town by the time us kids came along. I 'retired' at 40 to start farming. It is a lot more work than I expected, and it is taking a lot longer to understand how everything works. Seems like there is always something else that needs doing and more to learn. I can't imagine what else I would rather do.

If things aren't working, it is crazy to keep doing what you always have been doing and expect a different result. Keep an open mind and don't give up.

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