She is quite the firecracker when in the House, can really take it to GOP members there who sometimes act out of turn. This is surely not going to endear her to the general Right but I don’t think she cares. Despite her colloquialisms she is sharp as a razor at times.
That should not be allowed
Latinos are better how?
I implyed NO such thing.
Read it again. Who is running the farm if all the old American farmers either die off or retire? Your scenario doesn’t account tor that inevitably.
No surprise there!
Unfortunately.
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not exactly rocket science knowing this.
Allan
I know a lot of younger people who are taking over the family farm or ranch. Living in rural area’s it is the norm. I also know plenty of younger people who work for farmers or ranchers.
It’s true there are many farms and ranch’s that the children moved away and when their parents die don’t want the land, they just want the money.
It takes a connection to the land and parents who instill that connection into their children to want to live on the land their family owns.
The original part of the ranch my husband and I own was homesteaded by my ancestors. You could say because of my native side any land that my husband and I purchased has always been own my ancestors. It is spring here and everything is turning green. Calves and colts are look onto their world for the first time. It is like every year the little part of the world where I live is being born again.
My father’s words of advice growing up was to take care of the land and it will always take care of you no matter what. That advice has worked for me during the tuff times and good times.
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Of course SOME families will still keep their farms, for generations to come. Some will sell to other individuals (like Gates and Turner, who will hire mangers). Some will sell them off for development, which will make the remaining farms more valuable and a new market balance will occur. Maybe that attracts outsiders to migrate to the business (whether domestic or foreign) or encourages existing families to keep at it.
Farming is never going to disappear, one way or another.
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Yes, a lot of younger people do. But not nearly enough.
In 1920 roughly 30% of the population lived on farms. Today it is under 2%. In 1960 each farmer fed 45 people. Today it’s about 165. Family farms are going extinct and if not absorbed into industrial farms, are being turned into housing subdivisions.
To be fair, though, the total acreage of farmland between now and then hasn’t changed as drastically as the population shift. (We still have more than 80% of the acreage we had 100 years ago.) Farms are just bigger. Mechanization is a big factor.
You are right.
But even mechanized farms need skilled employees. The best bet to find them in sufficient numbers is legal immigration.
Absolutely.
It sure seems that way.
Even more so when congress critters talk down the value of farming jobs.
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