M Nut, I know this is going way off topic but you hit the nail partly on the head ! Nearly impossible to keep a boy on the farm making less than minimum wage and expect things to continue when the grass looks so much greener on the other side of the fence. You are a prime example, to keep what little you have going, you work another full time job. It's my belief that the family farmer also contributed to his demise. When milk prices dropped he added more cows, when crop prices dropped he planted more acreage. To add insult to the problem the govt started paying them not to plant crops because of the over supply. Some greedy ones saw the opportunity in this. They readily took the govt money for not planting their land and then rented their neighbors farm (who went out of business rather than take the money ) to plant more crops. So called progress took over, now they are mega businesses ( so called farms ? ). Some times progress bites the honest people in the -ss. Add 30 to your age and that's me today, life long health problems forced me off the family farm long ago not the lure of money. As for good times,yes and no. Long hours farming plus 8 hrs at school ( working full time in your case ) isn't so good. Family time with kids and seeing things grow , yes, priceless. Keep up the fight you wont regret it ! And when it becomes to much sell. BTW you'll make more money per acre selling than you ever did farming per acre.LOL
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