That’s a great explanation. I was interested because when I was younger we lived in the country side, we weren’t farmers by any means but we did grow our own vegetables and several fruits. Just maintaining a decent size vegetable garden was challenging enough, so I can imagine tending to animals comes with a lot of challenges. Farming is one of those under appreciated professions and with big multinationals sweeping in and taking away profits from regular farmers, I think the government needs to step in and restrict these massive companies from complete exploitation. It’s good to see your family raising beef cattle has been profitable, sounds like you have a hard working family
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They are very hard-working! It's been more difficult lately as my grandpa has aged and can't do as much to help out, but they still make it work.
I know about the garden work, too. We always had a small family garden, but some years, we would plant way too much corn or too many green beans and then we would be shucking and snapping and shelling all summer long. I have fond memories of watching Star Wars over and over with my cousins while we strung vegetables to help out my mom.
I'm not sure what is going to become of large-scale farming in America. It's always fascinating to go see large farms. I've seen them from the air when flying to Minnesota and South Dakota before, and the large irrigation systems are always impressive. Hopefully crop prices will rebound and the farmers will be able to continue working hard.