Posted on 12/16/2017 2:52:14 PM PST by Kaslin
NORWALK, WIS. Not long ago, a local farmer here plunged into a depression so intense that he could barely muster the strength to leave his bed.
The 40-something father of eight went dark for weeks, despite the enormous amount of daily work needed to keep his family farm going.
If you are running a small farm, you still have to get up and milk the cows. You got to go put the crops in. There are demands that nature doesnt let you forget, explained Jerry Menn, a farmer and doctor who was familiar with his friends crisis. His massive depression immobilized him. He couldnt even get out of bed for two or three weeks. Young guy, but he got himself worked into a hole.
Its his wife whos taken over the operation, and she has, let me tell you. Shes a force of nature. This woman, she gets things done. You know, eight kids, mountain of debt, but shes out there busting her butt to make things happen.
It could have been worse for his friend, said Menn. Depression can lead to suicide. Hes recovered from the deeper parts but in terms of the leadership in the family, thats now been transferred to his wife.
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I was just going by what Selina wrote in her article. If you click the link to the NY Post article, she cites the info there.
I shall not waste my time educating you, but trust me, government welfare/subsidies are inefficient.
If you do not believe that, you are a big time liberal.
Bye now.
Iran.
Farms.
The two biggest reasons I loath Carter.
Carter’s easy loans for farmers caused them to spend unnecessarily. Many dairy farmers purchased Harvestor Silos with the money and then defaulted on the loans.
More than one farmer died by jumping off the Harvestor Silo.
“Like the military, food supply really is a national security issue”
Agree... that’s one reason I am against seeds with termination genes.
Big time liberal? Sure noob.
No it’s got to be brutal hard. Small means less cash flow and that’s difficult to live with.
I shall not waste my time educating you, but trust me, government welfare/subsidies are inefficient.
If you do not believe that, you are a big time liberal.
Bye now.
Hell, I'm going on my fourth "dark" YEAR...
Homeless, jobless...I can understand.
When I was in ag college years ago, I did a cost comparison between a 350 acre diverse farm using horsepower and a 350 acre diverse farm using tractor power and the associated expensive equipment. The farm using horse power won out:
of course, its a given that the operators were young vigorous people.
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