Is this typical?

[grefer]

I guess I am one of those not so young farmers/ranchers you talked about cowman.I sure don't feel young.It gets real hard to be positive for the future when for the most part of my career big business and politicians have been spuing much the same thing,and nothing changes.The primary producer sucks the hind teat.All I have to do is look around me and count the empty farmsteads within eyesight of my farm and the story is self evident.The only question unanswered is who is next?I remember having a conversation with a friend when I was younger about all the young people leaving the farm and I comented to him at that time that sooner or later the wolf would show up at our doors as well.He quit long ago and I have seen eyes in the darkness many times.I don't think I have become mired in self pity,its just after we have been hit by hail, tornado,drought,frost and the loss of two family members in farming accidents,you start to ask yourself,what the hell am I doing with my life,when most people don't really care where there food comes from as long as the line up at the check out is short.Where is real change going to come from if it doesn't come from the consumer?