[quote="JL Ray"](quoted from post at 05:27:54 02/08/18) Just wondering????? What is the number 1 issue that hurts todays farmer? EX: Size of equipment? Time? Cost of equipment? Cost of seed? Cost of fuel? Help? Cost of help? Insurance? Cost of ground? Getting Ground? Cost of upkeep?
What is it that holds you back? Not looking for three page letter answers, just a word or two.[/quote
#1 problem - Ego.
The desire to get bigger. Easy credit when times are good to get bigger, followed by impossible credit when times are bad. A tax code that encourages getting bigger. Bankruptcy rules that seem to allow for ripping people off then continuing to get bigger.
Why get bigger? Big owners with 20 employees aren't farmers anymore, they're factory managers. Complain about the taxes, complain about the quality of help, complain about the commodity prices, bust up the roads with overloaded trucks and big equipment, then complain about the roads, etc. Doesn't seem like any way to have fun.
Local BTO is in bankruptcy again. He had to wait for a judge to allow him to plant last year. He sold off 2000 holstien steers 2 weeks ago, and I don't think it was his idea. His pigs supposedly got repossessed. He was up to over 20,000 acres, last year, below 15,000 this year, and it seems like he won't make it through this year. How many small time farmers were knocked out by him and his predecessor that would still be farming today? Funny how lil' old me can make a go with 360 acres, 180 tillable, and leave no one with a bad debt, but he can run around and rip everyone off.
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