I never farmed but I am smart enough to observe how demanding and hard farming is. You have no control over the weather. You have to understand the market and hedge your crop prices. You need to stay liquid. Heck, I don't know how they do it. Personally I would hate being a dairy farmer. When can you take a day off without worrying about Elsie?
Well said.
I never farmed or ran a ranch. However, some of my best friends do. Also runs in the family on one side.
Still rememeber a story from my grandfather who ran a mid-size family farm. A fed came out and told him in order to get his subsidies he had to plow under a particular field of corn. Problem is the field had wheat growing. Yes, the fed could not tell the difference between corn and wheat.
Trust me, idiots don't make it in farming or ranching. These elitist idiots would not last one season.