Farmers or any small business owners are just straw bosses because it doesn’t matter if you produce food or services the end user is the big boss. This goes back to the theory, do what the consumers wants if you want to stay in business.
We say, “we have to stay farming to feed the world and save the farm for our kids,” but with the same breath we say, “ there is no money in farming and we are going broke.” So why would you want to give something to your kids so they continue to struggle --- as I said on another forum “ don’t keep trying to ride a dead horse.” I know –I know easier said than done but is it? ---- maybe stop and think about it.
I think most young people will do just fine to produce good safe food in the future ( even the no good big corporations because they are also straw bosses. ) and they may even throw us old farts a bone or two. Most of us started with no money ( my start was from ground zero ) so why are we so concerned to hand things on a silver platter to our kids----support but don’t spoil them. Also enjoy life to the fullest and even do things you think are not affordable, because life is only this long ????????????? It doesn’t matter how old you are stop to smell the roses.
I learnt a long time ago that the world doesn’t stop because you quit, there is always someone waiting in the shadows to take over. Your neighbours also can’t make money farming, but sure want to buy or rent your land. I guess they want to go broke in a big way—eh !!
We complain that businesses are closing their door in our small towns—sad you say---we don’t support the local business anymore and it’s like a holiday to drive to the city and do our shopping. Do we really need the small towns? Transporting goods is not a problem anymore—get oranges from California in less than two days. You don’t have to live on the farm to grain farm, that’s one more option we have.
The Grip and Nesa programs looked promising but we all seem to take part in helping to destroy them and point fingers at the stupid Government.
Government farm programs are usually political issues, but the amounts and distributions are determined in the back offices by the bean counters. They don’t have hands on farming experience so in many cases the payout is inadequate because they don’t understand the problem or the money is not available.
The general public doesn’t know that the bean counters take a big percentage to administer these programs and the payout is very small in relation to the cost of production. This is one area we need more PR work so all the “ enough guys.” Could see the big picture.
My heart goes out to all the beef producers in these trying times.
I think there is still a good future for the beef industry, because we will always need that good protein to keep us healthy. Testing all cattle for BSE is a must in the future because the customer will demand it- so let’s start with no more delays—don’t worry about the cost because the beef industry lost more money in the last six months than it will cost to test for BSE for the next fifty years.
We say, “we have to stay farming to feed the world and save the farm for our kids,” but with the same breath we say, “ there is no money in farming and we are going broke.” So why would you want to give something to your kids so they continue to struggle --- as I said on another forum “ don’t keep trying to ride a dead horse.” I know –I know easier said than done but is it? ---- maybe stop and think about it.
I think most young people will do just fine to produce good safe food in the future ( even the no good big corporations because they are also straw bosses. ) and they may even throw us old farts a bone or two. Most of us started with no money ( my start was from ground zero ) so why are we so concerned to hand things on a silver platter to our kids----support but don’t spoil them. Also enjoy life to the fullest and even do things you think are not affordable, because life is only this long ????????????? It doesn’t matter how old you are stop to smell the roses.
I learnt a long time ago that the world doesn’t stop because you quit, there is always someone waiting in the shadows to take over. Your neighbours also can’t make money farming, but sure want to buy or rent your land. I guess they want to go broke in a big way—eh !!
We complain that businesses are closing their door in our small towns—sad you say---we don’t support the local business anymore and it’s like a holiday to drive to the city and do our shopping. Do we really need the small towns? Transporting goods is not a problem anymore—get oranges from California in less than two days. You don’t have to live on the farm to grain farm, that’s one more option we have.
The Grip and Nesa programs looked promising but we all seem to take part in helping to destroy them and point fingers at the stupid Government.
Government farm programs are usually political issues, but the amounts and distributions are determined in the back offices by the bean counters. They don’t have hands on farming experience so in many cases the payout is inadequate because they don’t understand the problem or the money is not available.
The general public doesn’t know that the bean counters take a big percentage to administer these programs and the payout is very small in relation to the cost of production. This is one area we need more PR work so all the “ enough guys.” Could see the big picture.
My heart goes out to all the beef producers in these trying times.
I think there is still a good future for the beef industry, because we will always need that good protein to keep us healthy. Testing all cattle for BSE is a must in the future because the customer will demand it- so let’s start with no more delays—don’t worry about the cost because the beef industry lost more money in the last six months than it will cost to test for BSE for the next fifty years.
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