My thoughts, my opinion. I do not think the average citizen can understand the amount of capital required to operate a farm. Driving $250,000.00 tractor through a village/town , while most people probably dont have that much investment in their homes, is hardly going to draw sympathy. There is a overwhelming disconnect between consumers and farmers. In the population, rule of thumb, only 1.5% of people are farmers. So farmers must be rich !! And elite group, with tremendous wealth, that is what these kinds of images show folks watching on the news. Regulations to protect food quality, water quality, animal welfare, air quality and climate change are all very real cost to farmers, but consumers dont see, know or understand these things. They want cheap , low cost food, if the highest quality. Grown in the most humane and organic ways possible. And it seems obvious to the casual observer that these multi millionaire farmers are getting more than their fair share of the food dollar. This kind of action gets attention, but does it send the right message?? Let the food prices rise to meet the cost of production, and cut out direct and indirect and decoupled subsidies. There would be more farmers overnight and smaller farms, and less new fancy equipment, and without government money. What would the government use to bait farmers into conformity? Following a constant flow of me regulations. And the population would have less money to spend on entertainment, fashion , cell phones, fine automobiles or vacations. Yes, let them pay the true cost of their food, and let the farmers stop over production!! Just my thoughts, we all have different view points.
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