An unfortunate truth about farmers........

oldtanker · Sep 23, 2018

I all of them, in one day, had a terrible accident and died.....well that would be about 1.5% of the total US population.......so no big loss....right? :shock: :twisted:

Rick

Moonlite37 · Sep 23, 2018

Perhaps for that reason they are not appreciated by the uninformed. Similar feelings towards all tradesmen

Philip d · Sep 23, 2018

For a country to be successful it?s a nationwide team effort.
We may not all be appreciated by everyone but we all play an
important role in society. I feel the same way a lot of days but I
think (or at least hope and pray) that we are appreciated.

rrlund · Sep 23, 2018

Ya,but you'd sure miss us when we're gone. LOL

I remember at a milk producers meeting several years ago somebody saying that all the dairy farmers in the US could be seated in one football stadium. Keep going and they could all get together in a phone booth.

oldtanker · Sep 23, 2018

Thing is the farmer can't do his job without the truck driver delivering goods, nor the tradesman who build the stuff her needs to be successful, or the engineers and scientist for that matter. No of them can do without the service members who keep the bad guys at bay. Ain't any of them better than any other productive members of society.

Rick

Bob · Sep 23, 2018

Lots of things folks wouldn't necessarily think about kill quite a few people every year, cows and horses, for example!

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Horses aren't listed separately, but various sources list between 5 and 20 people killed in the US every year by horse "accidents".

Bruce from Can. · Sep 23, 2018

You never miss the water , till the well goes dry.

farmer656 · Sep 23, 2018

I heard a saying long time go,, NEVER GRIPE BOUT A FARMER WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL

rrlund · Sep 23, 2018

Takes a village doesn't it Mrs C? LOL

Traditional Farmer · Sep 23, 2018

Thing is with the big ag outfits the 'farmer' is the pencil pusher and others do the actual work so things would go right on like normal,getting that way more all the time.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 23, 2018

Don't worry there are plenty of guys/gals just waiting to take over your land and equipment.When one monkey dies it don't stop the circus.

SVcummins · Sep 23, 2018

And the people you mention couldn?t do anything
without food . And the people you mention make
more than 2$ an hour for doing their jobs and when
they punch out at the end of the day they?re done

SVcummins · Sep 23, 2018

Do you grow all your own food and never buy any
food at that store ever ? Guess what genius that
makes you a farmer to and you ain?t gonna be
missed either

oldtanker · Sep 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:20:25 09/23/18) Do you grow all your own food and never buy any
food at that store ever ? Guess what genius that
makes you a farmer to and you ain?t gonna be
missed either

Very true......I'm just having a little fun here so genius why didn't you get that?

Rick

oldtanker · Sep 23, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:20:25 09/23/18) Do you grow all your own food and never buy any
food at that store ever ? Guess what genius that
makes you a farmer to and you ain?t gonna be
missed either

And guess what.......I do know how to live off the land.......so i really don't have to farm either there genius.........ever learned how early people survived BEFORE farming? They were called hunter gatherers..........

Rick

SVcummins · Sep 23, 2018

Good then start doing it and quit b!tching about
farmers

Traditional Farmer · Sep 23, 2018

Its not important if one is appreciated getting paid is a lot more important.Basic economics says where there is a demand in a capitalist system it will be filled.Think that some farmers have
gotten the idea that they are the only important contributors to society which is not true.For me the suppliers of gasoline,diesel and electricity are the most important as I can produce and do produce plenty of food right on my own place.Try making it with no fuel for awhile.

formenwhogrow · Sep 23, 2018

Easy there superfarmer, oldtank was making a tongue-in-cheek observation about how few of us there are anymore. You know, kidding around. Chill out.

oldsarge · Sep 24, 2018

Add "Doctors"...............................................................175,000

ss55 · Sep 24, 2018

It's nothing new that almost any time a farmer passes away or retires there are a dozen or more knocking on the door to rent his land.

Hoenes · Sep 24, 2018

What's the difference between a doctor and a plumber? Plumbers "dig up" their mistakes-------

Brian G. NY · Sep 25, 2018

Now...that's a good one!!

oldtanker · Sep 25, 2018

(quoted from post at 20:04:47 09/23/18) Easy there superfarmer, oldtank was making a tongue-in-cheek observation about how few of us there are anymore. You know, kidding around. Chill out.

Don't think the genius got the memo

Rick

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