Where are the rest of the donkeyfarmers? Its time to speak up and express your opinions outside the local coffee shop.
We're getting pretty close to closing the ring of a full circle of control over ordinary producers. I remember a Royal bank seminar many years back. The banker advised leveraging and mortgaging every acre to get bigger. One wise old farmer said he'd prefer to sail his own ship.
This time around we're headed towards growing what we're told because the major industry players have got the seeds; the financing plans; the markets (largely tried up); the governments on side; the power and the will to control their industry.
Luckily the average age of farmers suggests they should be retiring anyways. There are other ways to put in one's time.
Is that the way farmers should realistically look at their business?
It really doesn't matter to me; but being surrounded by whiners who won't take a stand isn't pleasant. Speak up because the industry is intent on changing the rules of the game.
We're getting pretty close to closing the ring of a full circle of control over ordinary producers. I remember a Royal bank seminar many years back. The banker advised leveraging and mortgaging every acre to get bigger. One wise old farmer said he'd prefer to sail his own ship.
This time around we're headed towards growing what we're told because the major industry players have got the seeds; the financing plans; the markets (largely tried up); the governments on side; the power and the will to control their industry.
Luckily the average age of farmers suggests they should be retiring anyways. There are other ways to put in one's time.
Is that the way farmers should realistically look at their business?
It really doesn't matter to me; but being surrounded by whiners who won't take a stand isn't pleasant. Speak up because the industry is intent on changing the rules of the game.
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