Liz has this shorthorn/Holstein bull calf for sale. Fifty dollars. He will make a nice compact steer for anybody who wants to raise some beef in the back yard. He is well started and a real lively guy.Or the farmer equivalent, up in the parking lot at LJ Hand Farm Store....the boss was talking to a prominent local farmer yesterday, a fellow we think a lot of. We are kind of out of the loop up here on the hill, but the boss's friend knows everybody and all that is going on in the farm community.
What he heard was some really horrible stories that actually made us feel lucky as we face problems we have never seen before here at Northview. A lot of our neighbors are in trouble and just waiting for beef and heifer prices to take a jump to sell out. If and when that happens this county is going to look a lot different than it does now. We are better off than a lot and that is a pretty darned sad thing to say about the industry that is the backbone of this rural county.
that's too bad, i wonder what will happen to the farm and land? even the housing market has to be hurting, it must, people just don't have any money, whether you're a farmer or not.
ReplyDeleteso sad.
At least milk prices are starting to climb. We got our first good check since January yesterday. There is going to be some $$$ left after feed. I was so happy I would have cried for joy... but my tear ducts have dried up I think. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's so wrong that it was ever allowed to get to the point that it is now. I wish we took better care of our farmers...
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a sad thought! I heard on the radio this morning something about the dairy farmer getting a bad rap in New State but it was before I was actually awake and didn't really hear what it was about. Wish I would of listened closer!
ReplyDeleteCute calf Liz :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems that's the way of our country. "We" being our "washington" seem to forget quickly about the backbone of our nation. Our Farmers, our Seniors, our Forefathers. It's despicable in my book. How did these People so easily all become disposable items?
It will not come out well in the end.
It's sure sad.
ReplyDeleteanon, so many other countries such as Russia have done away with their farming class...now they import most of their food.
ReplyDeleteSara, I am glad to hear that. We haven't seen it yet and I am telling you, it is bad enough that we are happy to have the wild chickens to eat. No kidding. Hope things do turn around and that you folks get everything straightened out in a way that is good for you. Tough times indeed!
Dani, I don't know what it is...maybe we are not sheepy enough for them or something
Lisa, I kept my ears open and it may have been that clip that is going around about Senator Schumer going after the gap between farm prices and milk in the stores. Our price was cut in half while prices barely dropped in the store.
Deb, I have to turn off the news...or shut it out with my Peltor ear muffs...so discouraging.
JB, it is.
Once they break the back of farmers, then they do that domain thing and take the farm. We saw it happen by our little town here. To our wonderful friends who own one of the last 7 dairy farms in three counties.
ReplyDeleteOur friends had to hire a lawyer to save thier farm. The largest majority of the farm was saved, but the town still got 40 acres, which is used as nothing. Nothing.
The city just wanted it for 'if the town should grow.." sucks.
Linda
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