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Re: What happened to farming pride?
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Posted by TimFL on February 11, 2005 at 05:28:26 from (65.35.219.228):
In Reply to: Re: What happened to farming pride? posted by Paul Winter on February 11, 2005 at 04:38:00:
Well said Paul. I recently left the family farm to get a "regular" job. I was born and raised on the family farm and was and still am proud of it. What I wasn"t proud of was the fact that my children were growing up around me and I was too busy and too tired to even see it. I was barely able to see my wife. 70-80 hours a 6-7 day week. For all the time and work when the crop is ready for harvest you just take what you can get and hope it is enough to pay the bills. And the bills are big now days. Farming ain"t what it used to be when I was a kid 30 years ago. Just look at the tractors and equipment. The old tractors that we enjoy collecting, yes I have a few, were state of the art 50 -60 years ago. $2000 then- 200,000 now. What were there maybe a dozen pesticides that you had to choose from and you could use them on anything? Genetically altered crops? Did the government have their nose embedded in what we do 50 years ago? Being a farmer is something to take pride in but the sad thing is this world does not give you much to be proud of. Anymore farming is like a trip to Las Vegas. You go there with a little money. You win some money. But instead of taking your winnings and going home you just get hyped up about it and you put you winnings BACK into the machine and eventually you go home broke. Alot of fun while you were doing it but in the end not real satisfying. Tims$.02
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