Posted by oldtanker on October 01, 2018 at 17:21:41 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: The Future Of Farming posted by vicinalvictor on October 01, 2018 at 06:22:47:
I know plenty of farmers who ain't got nothing extra to the point the wife works so they have medical insurance. Nothing extra at all. So where's the draw? Most folks don't have the financial backing to even think about getting a start. Many of the farm kids want nothing to do with anything on the farm and as soon as they are 18 they are out of there.
Thing is the vast bulk of Americans are well over the poverty level in income. And that's where most people strive to be. Farmer here had 5 kids. All of them have fled the farm. Another had 9. All but one left.
Here mechanics do OK. They start at 14 or 15 an hour right out of school and get 50-60 hours a week. Heck local town here the Convenience store starts at 10 an hour. Population of about 800.
You may not like the fact that many people don't want to farm. But most kids today don't. They want to work 8-5 with coffee breaks and weekends off. Heck the guy I mentioned with 5 kids? He's been trying to hire help. He had one guy this spring, 5 PM came he called someone to pick him up and just left a tractor in the field. He's had a couple of people refuse to take work because it requires some weekends. Most people don't want the work that's required to farm. And with the high cost of starting up many can't raise the money and the ones who can most will have a crushing debt load. So yea, the small farm is dying. There will still be a few just not as many.
And yea, I got to Fergus Falls the fast food places are packed at lunchtime because it's the only option. But go in the evening for dinner? And you have to wait to get a table at Applebees but none of the fast food places are overcrowded.
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