Posted by randallinMo on August 14, 2012 at 11:18:25 from (216.74.205.155):
In Reply to: Re: farm work posted by JDseller on August 14, 2012 at 08:38:22:
JDSeller.......everything you say is correct. Everything is exactly correct. Sad deal really. Somewhere along the way we (or someone) will ahve to figure out how to correct this.
Using your example of losing 250 farmers per county every ten years.........this equates to there being NO (ZERO) farmers 50 years from now. (You do the math) 50 years is not very long especially when we consider our current age.
We HAVE to find a way to let the young people grow our future food, or there will be no food. Everyone needs to think about this.
The basis for the situation you describe is simple, "low commodity prices". We made it with $1.50 corn and $4.00 milk and 18 cent hogs and 50cent feeder calves. There never was enough left over to support anymore families. We all experienced this.
We "old guys" have a hard time fathoming $8.00 corn and $16.00 beans. If, and only if, this is sustainable, then we should be able to afford to include our children in our operations. THis is assuming that "agribusiness" will not gouge/rape the farmer for his input needs. It is time for ALL of us to think about this.
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