I have been raising cows now for 9 years now. I bought a 9 cow herd with my farm. I have tried to break even every year to grow my herd. I took no income and only sold 10 month old bulls all of these years. The cost of a new tractor is $80k. Off road diesel is o er $5 per gallon. I love my country and our President. Taking a 25% cut in p th ice of cows os absolutely going to bury me this year. Im looking at my tools to see which ones I can sell. Our farm was hit by a tornado 2 years ago. Now we are im a severe drought. 1 of my ponds went dry. I do not give a shit about Argentina. My newest vehicle is from 2012. I haven’t filled my farm fuel tank this year. Now I have to compete with other countries that can manipulate their own money by printing it. What the actual fuck? Rigging commodity markets so people on welfare can eat crap off of the $2 menu should be illegal. It is the first form of communism. Price fixing. Rice farmers are losing money working all year. Why work? I could just quit trying so hard and collect some welfare and food stamps. Let the land sit idle.
I have never tried to get any food stamps or welfare. I have no debt except for a small mortgage. I couldn’t get a 1 bedroom apartment for what I spend on a mortgage. All of my money is in this farm. And, I can’t even make a living. We are so screwed.
I live so far out in the sticks you can hear banjos. If I have to drive an hour to town I would just get a corporate job. I can make great money if I shave and put a suit on. There really is no incentive to keep farming.