Its such a shame and I’m sorry it’s happening to your daughter. I’m sorry its happening to us consumers! So is it easier without having to take government loans?
We haven’t come to that point yet, Rusty. She’s looking at what’s on the horizon. They are aiming to have about 600 lambing ewes shortly, but I don’t know if they will be able to market them where they do now. She may have to go back to running the market stand....lots of work, but the kids are older and we’ll be living there and be able to help a lot more.
It’s a long story, but they were completely taken advantage of and exploited when they bought this farm 11 years ago. They were only 24 years of age and they had to take on far too much debt to be able to make it work. Plus they’ve done nothing but add to the debt because it was a run-down, poorly maintained operation. They saw no financials, and it’s been a money pit ever since. One thing after another broke down, equipment needed to be purchased, the home needed so much renovation, and they had to spend hundreds of thousands to change the operation from pigs to sheep.
It was disgusting how they were exploited, but we will hopefully be able to turn things around for them.