In our society of today i will say no; farmers get very little or no respect at all from the society. Humans have always been fun of only valuing the instant help they get and fail to see the bigger picture. I mean fsrmers work very hard and add a lot to the economy of every country. There is no state entity that continues to bring in a lot of funds into the state budget as the agricultural sector which is powered by they farmers.
A practical proof of the little respect that has been attributed to farmers or their profession is how parents nowadays frown at the idea of hearing their children aspire to be farmers. They don't want to hear it and instead expect them to go for the well respected jobs like medical doctors, lawyers, Engineers etc. Just further showing the value and respect awarded to the profession.
The truth is that, coupled with the work that these people do and their hard times under the ever hot son working their lives hard to increase yields yearly surely deserve more respect and recognition from the society. It is just sad that this is not the case in our society of today. If i should have it my way, they don't only deserve more respect but very rewarding pay too..