God help us. We retired last year but our son took over. He’s going to grow a contracted vegetable crop on 70 acres, under 20 acres of milo seed, wheat hay w/o fertilizer, Pima cotton w/little fertilizer. He will use most of his fertilizer on the veggie crop because it is the only one that stands a chance of a decent profit.
We have some cows and chickens. We just got a beef butchered and lucked into a pig ready to butcher. We will have a garden this year and I will can even though I hate to.
My pantry is full, I saw this coming for months. I dehydrated and froze much from my garden last summer.
I was born and raised on a farm. My wife and I live on a small farm though we don’t farm it.
A neighbor grows corn on our back fields and pays us small percentage. We are just glad the land is being used
......”I saw this coming for months”......
Well that’s the thing about farmers. The smart ones watch what’s happening in the world not just about crops....
Which raised the questionI had as I read the article... that wouldn’t farmers have an idea certain elements in the world affect their plans and therefore they generally prepare or change accordingly.....You answered that.
We farmers tend to see the bigger picture.
The beauty of having a well stocked pantry in anticipation of future shortages is if there turns out to be no food shortage you still get to eat what is in your pantry.