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Posted by davpal on July 20, 2006 at 01:31:00 from (216.93.96.1):
In Reply to: thinking of getting out posted by Rich Iowa on July 19, 2006 at 19:06:29:
I have felt the same way lately. We had the best crops this year we ever had and the weather turned on us and we have gotten 11 inches of rain in less than ten days in Michigan where I live. I think we have now lost 75% of our soybeans. I can't hardly even look at them when I drive by. It was a lot of work getting everything done and a whole lot of money to watch it evaporate in a week of horrible weather. It is suppose to rain thursday, friday and saturday too. I may try to talk dad into letting it sit next year and save our money. Farming can be very rewarding and also very depressing too. You can not control the weather and that is a bitter pill that people find out in this occupation. I have a job that supports the farm "hobby" if that is what you want to call it. There is no money to be made at all in farming. We do it because it is in our blood. Here in Michigan you can work 100 hours a week farming and worry about the weather and kill yourself slowly trying to keep your head above water or you can go get a state job working for the state of michigan for 40 hours a week, no overtime, full medical, air conditioned office, paid sick days, 45 vacation days a year, and a full pension and 401 k plan and make $50,000 dollars a year for basically doing nothing, or you can farm and make basically nothing for doing everything! That is why farmers are throwing in the towel, plain and simple economics.
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