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It seems we set aside one day a year to recognize farmers. Why only one? And why aren't newspapers and broadcast news telling the story of their latest trials and tribulations, ones that threaten our food supply? Here, I'll let Mike Rowe tell the story...
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Apparently, it’s National Agricultural Day. Personally, I’m not sure it’s reasonable to carve off a whole day to recognize the 1.5% of our population who somehow manage to feed 300 million people three times a day. Seems like two or three days would be more appropriate. Hell, maybe a whole week.
I’ve been thinking today, not just of the farmers who keep me fed, but of the ranchers as well. Right now, thousands of people are going through a kind of hell that’s hard to comprehend. The fires in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado are being called The Katrina of the High Plains. I have friends in Kansas who told me they spent much of last week shooting their livestock – putting countless maimed cows and steers out of their unspeakable misery. Why this hasn’t dominated the national headlines is equally baffling.
The sacrifices made by the people who feed us are too numerous to list, and beyond my ability to articulate. Paul Harvey got it right though, back in 1978, when he addressed The Future Farmers of America. Dodge turned his remarks into a commercial, but it’s still worth a listen, no matter what you drive
Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs
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My guess is that the Main Stream Media is too busy defending President Obama's indefensible legacy and piling up mountains of molehills to bring down President Trump. They don't have time to report the looming abyss created by the ill-conceived Affordable Care Act, or the tragedy of refugees rioting in Europe and Europeans rioting as they realize that their leaders are aiding and abetting the rioters. Unfortunately, the purveyors of propaganda have too many vested interests in failure to take a chance on reporting the real news.
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Apparently, it’s National Agricultural Day. Personally, I’m not sure it’s reasonable to carve off a whole day to recognize the 1.5% of our population who somehow manage to feed 300 million people three times a day. Seems like two or three days would be more appropriate. Hell, maybe a whole week.
I’ve been thinking today, not just of the farmers who keep me fed, but of the ranchers as well. Right now, thousands of people are going through a kind of hell that’s hard to comprehend. The fires in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado are being called The Katrina of the High Plains. I have friends in Kansas who told me they spent much of last week shooting their livestock – putting countless maimed cows and steers out of their unspeakable misery. Why this hasn’t dominated the national headlines is equally baffling.
The sacrifices made by the people who feed us are too numerous to list, and beyond my ability to articulate. Paul Harvey got it right though, back in 1978, when he addressed The Future Farmers of America. Dodge turned his remarks into a commercial, but it’s still worth a listen, no matter what you drive
Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs
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My guess is that the Main Stream Media is too busy defending President Obama's indefensible legacy and piling up mountains of molehills to bring down President Trump. They don't have time to report the looming abyss created by the ill-conceived Affordable Care Act, or the tragedy of refugees rioting in Europe and Europeans rioting as they realize that their leaders are aiding and abetting the rioters. Unfortunately, the purveyors of propaganda have too many vested interests in failure to take a chance on reporting the real news.
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My inlaws are farmers and have been their whole lives. They have seen the ups and downs with respect or lack thereof to the people who work to feed America. They are up at the crack of dawn and go to bed late at night. Farmers don't just get up on a tractor and drive...Farming is hard labor and anyone that has not been part of it or has not seen it doesn't understand. Most people think that Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, milk, eggs, vegetables etc come from and are produced at a supermarket. I grew up in a farm town and witnessed a lot of farmers being put out of business because of the Carter grain embargo and other presidential/congressional orders. I have seen grain rot on the ground because farmers had nowhere to sell it. If they could sell it, it was at the set price...non negotiable...also, seed and gas prices were on the rise. One Christmas, I know a family that had a rough year and all they could give each other was a new towel each. Their daughter got a few things but just enough to say it was Christmas. She or they never complained because even though it was a tough year, they had each other and Spring was coming
Farmers are the backbone of America and get treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of America. The current generation of farmers is aging and their kids want nothing of it because there is no return for their hard work because of all the regulations and costs to farm. Some years they go to work just to break even. Their parents also don't want them to go through what they went through and want better for them. Pretty soon we are going to run out of true farmers and we will be in a hurt because America doesn't care until it hits them at the grocery store. Comedians like Samantha Bee mock them but will be the first one screaming when there aren't any eggs or milk or meat or it is too high for them to afford. Mike Rowe was right when he said the sacrifices are too many to list. Just my two cents.
Farmers are the backbone of America and get treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of America. The current generation of farmers is aging and their kids want nothing of it because there is no return for their hard work because of all the regulations and costs to farm. Some years they go to work just to break even. Their parents also don't want them to go through what they went through and want better for them. Pretty soon we are going to run out of true farmers and we will be in a hurt because America doesn't care until it hits them at the grocery store. Comedians like Samantha Bee mock them but will be the first one screaming when there aren't any eggs or milk or meat or it is too high for them to afford. Mike Rowe was right when he said the sacrifices are too many to list. Just my two cents.
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SFC William Hawes
I like your 2 cents worth.......we also have a new generation that believes food is a commodity to be ordered online.........
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Main stream media isn't overly worried about common people, until they decide to hold a rally to stop certain things from happening, like the farmers boycotting in the '70 when the price of fuel went up, stuff like that gets their attention.
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CPT Jack Durish
Sadly, I don't think that would get their attention today. They are fully committed to the Leftist narrative. That is all they will report.
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My inlaws are farmers also, I have been blessed to be apart of their family. My job i have now wouldn't be possible without what farmers provide for the masses. God bless the farmer who feeds us, clothes us and create an economy for us.
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