Farming is very different...
Where else do you buy everything at retail prices, and then turn around and sell what you produce at wholesale prices, and expect to make a decent living?
If farming is so lucrative, then how come only 1 out of 200 Americans are farmers? That is one half of one percent.
What would you say if I came to your house, picked up ten cord of firewood that you worked hard to fit up, hauled it back to my house, separated out the different species of wood to get the most money out of it, then two weeks later sent you a check for what I think it is worth, after the wood has long been sold, and you have no way but to accept the payment given? Not exactly fair, but that is what happens to a dairy farmer, and the blueberry farmer. I would like to see General Dynamics work that way. They build a US Navy Destroyer for the Navy, and then after it is built and sailing the high seas, the Government cuts them a check for what they feel it is worth. Or we buy a car off a dealership, and then two weeks later send them a check for what we think the car is worth. No my friend, farming is VERY different.
But then again, one half, of one percent of the population is feeding the rest, and yet we live in a fat society. That does not mean the farmer is getting rich, it means there is cheap food in America. But then again, no one appreciates the farmer when their belly is full, but they sure do when they are hungry. America just has not been hungry since the 1930's, that is all.
