One Of The Most Tragic Things That I Have Read In A Long Time
Things have never been harder for America’s farmers and ranchers than they are right now. Their relentless hard work keeps us fed, but now many of them are being financially ruined by forces beyond their control. Prices for fertilizer, farm equipment and diesel fuel have spiraled to absolutely absurd heights, and meanwhile extremely bizarre weather patterns are making it almost impossible to operate successfully in many parts of the nation. A lot of farmers and ranchers have already gone out of business, and many more will go out of business in the months ahead unless some sort of a miracle happens.
Back in 1900, there were approximately 5.7 million family farms in the United States, but at that time the total population of the country was just 76 million.
Today, there are only about 2.2 million family farms in the United States, but the total population of the country has grown to 329 million.
Agriculture is slowly but surely being consolidated, and the big fish have far more power than the little fish do.
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