(11-12-2024, 02:54 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(11-12-2024, 02:13 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: I watched a series called Clarkson's Farm, and for me that was a good education in how hard it is to be a farmer.

And how important subsidies are for keeping farmers viable when weather and disease wipes out their crops and livestock.

Last I checked there were plenty of other industries to work.  Heck, welding schools are paying to train future workers in the industry.   Farming is a an industry choice, not a mandate.  

Hey Gov, we haven't had rain.  Please send me $200,000.  What other industry can someone get paid for sitting at home basking in the sun.

Perhaps I'm simply still pissed when the farmers quit selling a bakers dozen corn on the cob (e.g., give you 13 ears of corn for the price of 12 in the event you get a bad one).

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