The American Farmer is Going Broke
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- The great provider of plenty, the American Farmer, is going broke. Andrew Wildes's speech from the 1977 Georgia Farmer's Strike read by State Senator Russ Goodman.
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I grew up on a farm in Missouri. Got to be too expensive, so my family sold our 900 acre farm. Today, it’s a neighborhood. My heart still hurts.
I'm also from Missouri, trying to get my foot in door after being out of ag for a couple generations. It kills me to think about the people, especially the smaller farmers that have had to give up their way of life. Legislation from the 60s-70s encouraged people to get big or get, and then followed by 80s and early 2000s, bankruptcies of larger farms have basically ushered in more legislation that has suffocated all but the big farming corporations. It sucks, for people like you and your family, and then for folks in my generation that want to do this but can barely make an honest living.
900 acres ? Too expensive ? Please ! I bought my 160 acre farm...milked cows for 45 years. I never received any government farm payments. Only two years were bad.... 1988 a drought......and 1989 all my alfalfa seeding winter killed ! Two years in a row I bought everything off of a semi ! Never had problems sense then !
However with my experience with being a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Liberia Africa.... I did understand what poor was all about. Lived on 200 dollars a month provided by the US Government. People in the town where I lived.......never made 10 dollars per month. No electircity...no phones...washed cloths at creek side.
Its called get off your duff and get to work !
Thank you American Farmers and Ranchers for keeping us feed and clothed. God bless you all.🚜
This started in the 80's with the attack on small farmers and dairy buy outs. I remember going to a farm auction almost every weekend in mid 80s. Now the high fuel prices have made a huge impact on the slim profits they were making.
And the price of equipment, parts, service and all other inputs.
Happening in Germany, France and Poland as we speak.
I was a little kid who rode in one of my dad’s tractors with him during the farmers strike in the 70’s. Seeing all those tractors roll into our town from every highway, and us being in one of them was a sight I will never forget.
Farmers screwed up when they planted their crops and went back to business as usual, but what else could they do ? Farmers can’t just not plant a crop and stay in business.
I’ve said for years that if the banks gave a shit about the farmers, their lobbying groups would have enough power to make positive changes for the agricultural industry and farming as a whole.
I stopped borrowing from banks long ago, I’ll never pay another cent in interest to a bank, in order to farm, I farm on my own money, if the day ever comes when I can’t do that, I’ll quit farming and do something else that actually turns a profit.
Good luck to all my farming friends this year.
Once, "little kid who rode in 70's farm strike," Farmers are their own worst enemies. I submit that regardless of the price of commodities, with the exception of short profitable adjustment periods, farmers will bring the margins right back to where they are now. For example if corn went to $20 a bushel, land would go to $40,000 an acre or more and the margins would be right back where they are now. The biggest problem is there are more people who love to farm; which is completely understandable, than there are farms. Therefore the land always gets bid up to low margin prices. About the only thing one can do is wait for those occaisonal times when land goes down, In my lifetime 1985 to about 1990, was the only time that made sense. On the flip side my Nephew owns some Service Master's they go in and clean up after water damage, not fun, not glamerous, but profitable. People are not outbidding each other for those.
Instead of being on the road with the tractor.........someone should have been at the farm getting work done !
@@jerrylansbury9558 The farm work never stopped during the farm strike, for any of us.
That what set us apart from every other profession.
As an American consumer, you’re still able to enjoy the highest quality, safest, and cheapest food and fiber the world has to offer, at farmers expense.
You’re welcome.
@@lifeonthefarm6001 But when farmers are driving around its spending money on fuel .....and they should be at home farming. Not running the roads ! I know..I am a farmer. Milked cows for 45 years. Missed not being in the barn 10 days of those 45 years. Not out parting....... or protesting. True....thats what sets " some " of us apart. Farming !!!
Agriculture is broken in this country. My heart goes out to our farmers ❤🙏🤙
You my friend may have a mental condition….
And You think it's not broken anywhere else? Look at Germany today, almost whole country is parallelized by farmers, transport companies and railroad workers, Netherlands, Denmark and Poland few months ago, France actually every year. I write about Europe because I live here.
@@tjurzykyeah, and we in norway are sutring most farms down cause you dont even earn enogh too live.
This is the best video i’ve gotten of 2024. My heart goes to all of the grain farmers and hay farmers out there❤
The poor farmers are going broke but the rich farmers make their money on inheritance and are anything but broke.
Why? There are a ton of people who want to farm. I grew up on a farm, my cousins and nephews all would take less money to farm as compared to their jobs. Farming is more interesting and more fun and more freedom than just about any profession. I would farm in a second, but we just sold farm for over $12,000 per tillable acre at auction. As far as I know all the bidders were farmers. Farmers, quit paying so much for land and you won't go broke.
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@@greggergen9104 You're exactly right. Too many people want to farm. Too many of them are willing to do it for free. There's gobs of money in crop farming today. But farmers are eager to bid it all away into land and machinery costs. It's entirely self-inflicted.
I always say that if corn went to $20 a bushel, land would go $30,000 an acre and the margins would be the same.@@42base13
It would help if Machine companies would build simple Machines that smaller farmers can afford.
My Dad used to say , “ John Deere is going to break the small farmer”. He was right.
@@lifeonthefarm6001 John Deere had nor has anything to do with the farmers plight. No farmer needs to buy that equipment. Its the primary reason I never owned a John Deere anything ! There are options. Massey Ferguson..... Deutz Allis... International IH..... Ford. along with others. Dont blame others for poor management !
It doesn't help when your dad gives up and sells everything for his new manipulative family, and doesn't care if you wanted to be the 5th generation.
Yeah my old man sold our farm as well, sometimes I’d like to blame him for what he did but I realize he had too to support us.
@@Lonewolf23-26 mine didn't have any debt. He inherited everything. He also had 2 other jobs, but he's too weak to put his wife in place.
So long ago. But nothing has changed……. Sad
Today farmers face the same problems as the rest of the middle class and that is the monopolization of corporate America. Three or four corporations control the beef industry or grain or agronomy or just about any industry in America.
God bless the hardest working families in the world that never get the respect they deserve or the payday they work so hard for that never comes
I just finished reading this book. It’s sad to think of the position these farmers were put in because of a political decision. To see farms that had been in operation for generations be taken from men who felt personally responsible for losing them is a terrible thought. Seeing a group of people bond together for a greater good could only happen with true farmers.
The book is is like the Bible…. written and exaggerated by white men…..!
I am a farmer today in my opinion this should be broadcasted on the tv news this is how our country is today us farmers have it rougher than anyone else.😢
I agree. It’s too bad the media can’t tear themselves away from Trump for five minutes.
It is very self absorbed to believe that farmers have it toughter than anyone else. Are you familiar with bookstores... Gone, Many retailers, gone. Small hardware stores, going, going gone. Travel agencies gone. Farming will be here forever.
@@lifeonthefarm6001trumps secretary of ag(Purdue) first made the joke about farmers in the "whine cellar" and then told them to get big or get out. trump is no friend of the small farm.
@@Ron-rs2zl I knew we were in trouble when he put that clown in as Ag Secretary.
Thank you. And God bless.
Thanks for this needs to be heard. We need parity.
Love this so much!! We are proud to be an American Farmer!
You are a major welfare recipient….!
I support hard working farmers. But, I will say, there are farmers who buy flood land and make more money of the insurance claims than selling the crop. There are some pretty huge farms where I live. Government regulation and outsourcing has hurt mainly small farms the most. The EPA and the WEF are coming for more because of cow farts and carbon footprints. Even human population control through food and drug additives.
What a grand irony that Churchill was quoted at the end of this video- the man was beholden to the bankers and was compelled to pursue their global interests. Just the same as our farmers now.
I love farming. Thanks man.
This is sad but true😢
The powers at be want farming to become a utility,like the power or gas company. The farms to be removed from the families and small corporate farm structures thru regulation,taxes,carbon pricing etc and placed into a monopolized utility structure.
Makes me feel sick to even think about this.
I bought my 160 acre farm...milked cows for 45 years. I never received any government farm payments. Only two years were bad.... 1988 a drought......and 1989 all my alfalfa seeding winter killed ! Two years in a row I bought everything off of a semi ! Never had problems sense then !
However with my experience with being a Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Liberia Africa.... I did understand what poor was all about. Lived on 200 dollars a month provided by the US Government. People in the town where I lived.......never made 10 dollars per month. No electircity...no phones...washed cloths at creek side.
Its called get off your duff and get to work !
We had a large family dairy sell out last year. Every year the government and new restrictions, implementing new regulations and specialized equipment. The last year he said they couldn't even barrow enough money to do the required upgrades.
That's the same thing in every industry. Corporate sends their people to Washingtons and convince the politicians what a great deal the bill will have but in reality it further drowns out currant small and new competitors.
@@MrTGleaner…. You made bad decisions… lived and farmed over your means…. Now go get a good trucking driving job and pocket 1200 to 1500 a week like the rest of us…!
I milked cows for 45 years on a 160 acre farm. No outside income. Pitched manure out of the gutter by hand till 10 years ago. Milked with the old surge bucket milkers .( with the strap over the cows back) carried everything to the balk tank till 2006.....up graded to pipeline. We never had issues with regulations or specialized equipment ???
Thanks. History is repeating again. Proud to be an American Farmer. Embrace the suck here we go again. God bless us all.
the inflation is the main problem at this point
...and who caused that?
@@Wayoutthere there's probably a lot of reasons but I don't think our buddy Biden is helping our situation much
Inflation and the coming "climate change" regulations designed to crush farmers. Look no further than the Netherlands, Germany, and France where they are doing everything they can to shut farms down through taxation and regulation. The UN/WEF are installing politicians and bureaucrats that will carry out the same game plan here.
Capitalism. Big take from the small. If you want Capitalism and vote for those who will create laws to enable it, then this is what you get. Look around, it's in virtually every industry.
@@rickyanke9407 It's not just as simple as "hur dur it's capitalism". Communists in the Soviet Union slaughtered farmers when food supplies in Moscow were short. Farmers were executed if they were caught withholding food for their families. The socialists of Europe are using the force of the government to eradicate farmers in the name of "climate change". The real issue is that regulations are written by crony 'capitalists' and designed to give them a market advantage. Small farmers can't compete with corporate farms that save massive amounts of money by getting exceptions to regulations that cost massive amounts of money to comply with. They also save huge amounts of money by being allowed to use tons of illegals that cjumped the border and were given passes to work by the Dem party.
if America loses its farmers America will fall, and be at the mercy of other nations to feed it! Well said......Agriculture is National security!
As a current farmer I know it's not if I go out of business but when. Every year the costs and regulations to farm grow and the input stays about the same. Just when you think things couldn't get worse they do. Just when you think a program is working it gets pulled. Just when you see some light at the end of the tunnel it gets dark. Only farmers can be farmers because they are the only people who can do all that work and know there is no money for you for doing it.
I operate 160 acres.. I have no problems seeing daylight ! All my income comes from the farm. But I do drive a 2002 S- truck....... compared to most farmers whom feel they need a 60,000 dollar truck !
I wanted to get into farming so bad growing up. But when I went to college for agriculture I realized that having a farm of my own was an almost impossible dream with no help from USDA or dep of Agriculture. Sadly I’ve made a change in career choice hoping to maybe one day achieve my dream.
And yet there is tens of bilions $ for Ukrain coruption.. no problem in that.
thanks for the show i would be farming yet if my sister would not have stole the farm and threw me out now i am not producing food i am just hauling amish around something is wrong here if you have any ideas how i could go farming again let me know thanks
Lord Jesus bless our American farmers I stand behind my farm friends 💯
When I graduated school 20 years later in '97', farmers were still only getting $2.00 for corn and today 46 years later it's only $4.50. But some how we have plenty of corn. More than we need in fact.
On now the gov is investing billions in autonomous machinery development. What plan do they have in store the small family farm?l
Anybody who complains about a farmer shouldn't talk with there mouth full!!!
They're broke due to monocropping and the decline of demand for grain worldwide. Times have changed. Its time to realize a holistic approach to inputs and farming. Stacking processes and enterprises will be the way forward. Thinking you can outrun volume and sit and wait for money to grow isn't feasible. Massive loans and overhead was never a good idea to begin with in an uncertain profession. We've been using the same farming methods for over a century, endorsed by the USDA that isn't going out of business anytime soon.
The world needs a farming Renaissance
I live in a potato farming community. Most farms just lease their land to Cavendish farms around here. Even though potatoes are selling for $5 a bag in the store, the family farms can't compete against Cavendish farms.
Some are.
You can thank Georgia, born Jimmy Carter. Mr grain embargo In the late 70s. And the banks, along with the government, get big or get out .
Carter was a peanut farmer. It was Reagan that oversaw the farm crisis of the 80's. trumps secretary of ag told farmers to get big or get out.
Only small farms are going broke.
The rest of the farms are selling out our country to the Chinese and Bill Gates.
Long live the family farm.
I'm a farmer I grew up in a family farm and have been farming for 40 years this year and we have been sold out to Brazil and Argentina
Perhaps the banks didn't want your land but the big agribusiness corporations did.
Hey man I grew up with my father farming. I started my farming business in 2002 at age 19. I started with nothing I inherited nothing. I'm trying to build the family farm so maybe my children might have the opportunity that I never had. My fear is they sold us out so bad that they will just import it from some country cheaper..... they don't care about us brother.
Now we have less than one percent of the population farming, and most of what they grow as corn so white beans and wheat, and it goes for fuel, mostly not food in our food mostly comes from California and is shipped all over the country or from somewhere else in the planet, and what we need is more people farming on small scales, growing real food, and not just fuel and commoditiesand using good used equipment and repairing it and manufacturing parts for it instead of buying these new pieces of equipment cost $250,000 or more
John Deeres' newest and largest combine, the X9 - 1100, fitted with a 50 foot JD Flex Draper Header, costs in the region of 1•1 Million Dollars ! Imagine the acreage you would need to have down to cereal crops simply to break even, let alone make a profit ! Particularly for a machine that goes unused for around 11 months of the year. Absolutely insane !
That “fake food” is incredibly important. If you eat meat or dairy, that’s what’s likely feeding the livestock in some capacity, as well as that being the base for a lot of food. Just because you can’t see it on your plate doesn’t it’s not there. Hence the fact that there’s enough demand to keep these crops moving.
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This 2024 is gonna be rough on some farmers.
P.S. I grew up during the 80's farm crisis...
Not sure as I have never seen a time when the American Farmer had more money !
That's the truth! They are still crying though
So is the Australian farmer
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Sad to see the farms go under but some got what they asked for by selling out to co-ops that gave big promises. The family farms go pushed out by government funded farms to sadly 😢
Whats changed?
You'll own nothing and be happy.....fight people...for our children's children for goodness sake fight....
If we loose the farmer, we will starve. Right now, you may not think twice about this as your chowing down your diner tonight, but tomorrow when you feel hunger pains in your gut will you pay attention.
Fix the proplem.
1977...it got sooo much worse😥
I'm 32 born raised Oklahoma I'm 3rd generation and when 45 me and my dad will have a 40 acre corner plot that my pa cleared with an axe and a pick by hand it's where my dad was raised where i was raised where my pa died where dad will die and where il die beside my beautiful wife and il be buried next to my dogs and il be damned if anyone or things besides God himself or the Son of man Jesus will touch it while I'm alive cuz il dig in and the mud will be red . How could I help here , it's always been a amazing hay field but I'm more into the science world than my dad or pa and IV got the place fertile as a cat now . How and where is me some resources I can help me to start plz and thank ya ...God bless
I never understood why we did it in the wintertime. That same tractor is 400 thousand. Not one thing has changed. And yes politics is the same.
I heard it was 1% was a farmer ,. I'm a farmer i just do beef on my little family farm in Ohio so i just do hay in my few fields i have and i need to plow up and plant new hay in all my field but i put that on hold because of the higher fuel price , and the last time i can remember that my field got plow up was 30 years ago and I know it needs to get plow over
Food is cheap milking cows in 08 we need milk in November the price went to 1969 price broke me
Seems interesting ??? The price broke you ???? Ive milked cows for 45 years. Used the old surge bucket milkers with the strap over the cows back. Carried the milk to the tank and poured it through the strainer. 45 cows.........rotational grazing. Pitched the manure out of the gutters by hand.. Worst years farming were 1988 and 1989 Drought and total wiped out alfalfa from winter kill. Otherwise we never had any real issues. Thats on a 160 acre farm......no outside income.
So.........your reasons for going broke ?
Farmed all my life the chemical in the fertilizer company got rich the equipment dealers got rich and I never made a penny
As a fellow "small family farmer", I can say one thing's for sure...nothing has changed in the 50 years of the premise of this video. Not to sound like a jerk bc this channel is clearly attempting to support the farmer, but why are you using examples from the 1970's to do so? There are plenty of modern-day real world examples that could be used to establish more of impacting relevance. Forgive me if I'm missing the message you're trying to send??
This might be one of the best comments I've ever read. We've found that a lot of younger farmers have no idea what happened in the 70s and 80s, and even more than that, folks disconnected from agriculture don't understand what farmers deal with. We've done a lot of interviews with farmers recently, that haven't aired yet, that sound just like the farmers from 30 and 40 years ago. Most of the content related to the struggles in this life is from today's farmers but I think it's important for folks to know this isn't the first time we've been through tough times. Man, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
@@growingamerica haha…thanks! well, I certainly appreciate what you’re doing and the message you’re sending. Coincidently, this afternoon, my father brought over to our shop my grandfather’s (born 1929) dairy business records from 1965-1971. They milked 130 head of registered Holsteins back then, so they had some decent years and the dollar was so much better! For example, in 1969 they had gross sales in milk nearing $100k and bought at brand new JD 3020 for $5,500…so that’s basically 5% of their gross sales. In order to buy a comparable jd tractor, not necessarily hp-wise, but sized for a large scale dairy, you’re looking at $250k…to have the same 5% correlation, a farm would have to be doing $5 million in sales! Just astounding to me; the only farms that appear to have a future keeping up with the insane inflation, are the large “corporate farms”, IMO.
@@EDBZ28pretty much, that’s the way they want it. Small farms are better for the environment, for the community, and are very sustainable but they’re forcing us small farms to sell out, that’s just the way they want it
@@JTsBuildsandFields boy you said it; although hard to swallow, I suppose it’s the natural progression of every business in every industry.
Farmers also must take some blame. Most of the farms that failed took on too much debt and debt is a killer. Small farms can still make it today, but you can’t rely on commodities. Regenerative ag practices can replace big machinery and selling direct to consumer is the way to go.
Your comment is filled with truths. I never would have thought I would have agreed with you years ago as much as I do today.
@@growingamericaWe have a small u-pick blueberry farm and raise some cattle. So many times I’ve wanted to expand but I just can’t bring myself to go into debt to do it. Even with the challenges though, there’s no other way I’d want to live in this world than on the farm.
I agree, the supermarkets that sell the farmers food are rich but not the farmers. The unfortunate part is that in most places selling meat and produce from your farm is illegal without the proper permits and inspections.
That's so true, as a dairy farmer and professional milk truck driver I can plainly see a profitable way to make a living, think outside the box, watch the debt, avoid things you don't need, especially new over priced stuff. God bless you farmers, we need you.
@@Elyjah1 Supermarkets, are primarily staffed by low paying workers. There are very few owners, and many workers. But I agree, there are too many restrictions on farmers selling directly to consumers. Joel Salatin is my go to guy on that subject.
I have to say this is complete B S…. I lived along US 70 and watched this back in the day…. as I worked on the farm at 15 yrs old in Frederick, Maryland that backed up next to 70 East I asked my employer why he wasn’t headed to DC….? He said “these idiots have more money than brains”…. “Look at the size of those tractors… if they can make those payments and afford to drive to DC for a month why are they bitching about money”? Then he paused and said “ do you think ol Ebb would make it to DC and back”? Ebb was an old Oliver tractor named after Ebb that worked for Oliver off Green Acres on TV at that time… I said “probably”! He said “well… we’re not going to find out… there’s going to be plenty of idiots down there they don’t need us there wondering aimlessly…” I felt like he included me in his operation and opinion…. That was one of several proud days in my life since then….!
Curious, what part do you think is BS?
@@growingamerica if you have no money as a farmer from the late 40’s to the present day: you are a flat out bad farmer… or you have extorted and destroyed everything thing the two generations before you has built by living and farming over you means….! Fact!
Anyone making modern farmers look like the victims is a complete B S’er…!
I'm familiar with the area. Wonder if they were coming over the mountains from Hagerstown MD. Must have taken awhile coming up through the mountains towards Frederick. Never knew about this before I seen this video.
I will bring back every farm lost to the government. 🇺🇲
So you have it made cause you don’t have to do a thing….. all farms lost are still there being ran by someone that knows how to farm….! The ones that lost it never really owned it…. they either inherited it and ran it in the ground or bought it and had no idea what they were doing…!
Arthur you may be brain damaged….I don’t really know…
@@bugbomb8048 all by design
@@bugbomb8048 it's no coincidence China is the second biggest farmland owner. Bring it.
@@bugbomb8048 how long have you been stupid?
I'm a family farmer that's once only farmed to make my living now I still farm but now have to work 2 other jobs to try keeping our farm going but I'm pretty mine sons will the last generation to run our small south west Virginia farm that has been in our family for over a 100 years . The government don't care they just want cheap food. The last hope I see that Donald Trump get back in office I believe he will listen to the American farmers
Trump may have said some things that you liked but his actions were not favorable to farmers; Trade war with China hurt exports of agricultural commodities, the tax cut was all in favor of the real wealthy, no money for structural improvements in rural areas.
He will listen to the good successful Farmers…. ! Not the ones that don’t know what they are doing…!
Ok what type of farm do you have that is so successful I'd know @bugbomb8048
@eddiespraker4268 trumps secretary of ag first made a joke about farmers in the "whine cellar" and then told them to get big or get out. Good luck with your vote for trump. My trumpy congressman is no different. He passed a law that benefits the milk processor far more than the milk producers.
I will back you completely, just as soon as you state farmers should deny every government subsidy and crop buy offered to you.
I dont know im a dairy farmer and im doing great
Ok if you're so well in the dairy business how big of a dairy do you have because most all dairy farmers here where I live are going out of the dairy busines because they're going broke we went out of the dairy business in 2015 the county I live in had over 200 dairy frams in it 50 years ago now there 7 or 8 so tell how it is successful
Lie lie lie
Because he did not own a farm he only worked on one, so he does not understand
I've lived in rural Iowa my whole life and I've got to say that farmers are doing just fine. They've all got overpriced side-by-sides, new pickups, and half-million dollar+ machine sheds with more finished living space in them than my house. Sure, easy money and super low interest rates in the past couple decades means that a lot of these guys have financed themselves into oblivion, but that's their problem, not mine. If they go bankrupt and fail, someone else will come in, buy up the ground, and the corn will still get planted. Capitalism, baby.
Trumps secretary of ag (Purdue) first made a joke about farmers in the "whine cellar" and then told them to get big or get out. Biden worked to help black farmers with some debt forgiveness.
Just black farmers? Seems ridiculous
If they had only supported unions instead of cheering their demise. FARMERS they have come for you now.
Unions are the absolute worst thing to ever happen to this country and no red blooded American should ever be a part of one. The unions create a lazy culture, a give me everything right now cause I deserve it culture! They drive up all the costs of goods and services in this country so normal people and small employers can't afford to live. You tell me why in the name of God does someone living in the Midwest working for Gm or Ford need $50 an hour to live. Such a disgrace
Wrong. Small farmers are going broke. The big farmers are getting bigger and doing well. Literally worth millions driving $80,000 new pickups every other year to hide profit, meanwhile taking fat subsidies in from the government. The little operations are struggling. I live in it and see it everyday.
Going broke but have 300k tractors and land woirth millions.
Good point... This is ridiculous. Our farm was just purchased for over $12,000 per tillable acre at auction. As far as I know all the bidders were farmers. Farmers, quit paying so much for land and you won't go broke.
The title needs to be adjusted…. The American idiot framer is going broke…. The real farmers that work and live with in their means are way more than fine…..
I agree
Agreed. Our farm was just purchased for over $12,000 per tillable acre at auction. As far as I know all the bidders were farmers. Farmers, quit paying so much for land and you won't go broke.
@@greggergen9104if they’re looking for land its not like there’s any other options at the moment. Much like real estate farmland is very inflated rn. Owning land is typically better than renting so if things go well you’ll be able to pay it off. Certainly a gamble, it far from stupid to buy.
Farming is a business. Also a business that’s subsidized. If your going broke it’s because your bad at business. Receiving inherited land and checks from the government by default does not produce businessmen. We are a family of farmers/ranchers almost exclusively. But we are businessmen first.
I’m sorry if you’re living another fantasy that’s not working out.
Alcohol, gambling, lack of business knowledge and DEBT have ruined more than just family farms. What’s the truth about yours?
Unfortunately corporate farms are the future. That’s how we’re training our own children and structuring our own operations.
Time for a reality check.
What bullshit
Yes they are, but we are letting people in this country who are not even suppose to be here. These are the people who need help. Charity begins at home, not to people who come here illeagally.