God Made a Farmer

[Kevin Cunningham]

@near horse 39791 wrote:

there are plenty of “freeway cowboys” who will never tow or haul a thing let alone get on an unpaved road/trail/path with their pickups.

This is the norm here in our county. Big trucks are a status symbol and everybody has one. There are far more trucks around here than cars. I used to have a little ’93 Toyota truck, pre-Tacoma, four banger, five speed. I loved that truck it was far more reliable than any other that I have ever had. I always prided myself that I did far more real work, hauling gravel, firewood, trailers, off road, on road, markets, everything, than any of those big status symbol trucks. Unfortunately they are selling more status symbol trucks than anything else these days. I had the hardest time finding a good diesel work truck, one without leather, dvd/massive stereos, or chrome truck nuts, when we needed a new truck last year.

The interesting thing about that ad is that I think it had a farther reaching effect than the ad agency had intended. People are still talking about now almost a week after I haven’t ever heard that about another Super Bowl ad. There is something in that speech that touches a need that we have as a culture that is hard to define but is very tangible even for those of us that have no direct link to farming. That is pretty powerful.

[Baystatetom]

You all might enjoy this.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755822/ns/msnbc-the_ed_show/#50738749
~Tom

[Anonymous]

That is a little closer to the truth Sad as it is
Dave

[grey]

Thanks Tom, I enjoyed that. When it got to the part about Mountain Dew and Cookie Crisp I did laugh out loud. I think I’ll have to track down the parody and watch the whole thing.

[grey]

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e1abab3c2b/god-made-a-factory-farmer?playlist=featured_videos

[Kevin Cunningham]

Pretty funny, a bit more irreverent than what I was talking about, but pretty much right on.

[rookie]

Plowboy thank you for putting into words what I think. My husband worked on “off farm” job for 30 years to have the family farm we have today. And yes I have cried in the barn over a lost calf or bottle fed one to see it in the pasture the next year. Most people are to young to remember who Paul Harvey was, me I remember and his voice made it hit home for me.

[Eli]

God may have Made the Farmer of yesterday. But man created the mess we have today. I started with 40 cows and in 20 years sold with 200. From my first day in Ag class untill my last day in tech school I was taught to be a good farmer I needed to produce as much I could fo as little as I could. We never talked about quality of life or beliefs. And that was before the banks, feed mill, and all the others who profit from my expansion got a hold of me. I am not at all against Education but it was my education that taught me to build a farm in the end I didn’t want to run. I think we need to teach more quality of life and less profit. I still own my farm land and if I could turn back the clock I would do things differently but wouldn’t we all. Eli

P.S. I still drive a Ford

[Billy Anderson]

@Eli 40077 wrote:

God may have Made the Farmer of yesterday. But man created the mess we have today. I started with 40 cows and in 20 years sold with 200. From my first day in Ag class untill my last day in tech school I was taught to be a good farmer I needed to produce as much I could fo as little as I could. We never talked about quality of life or beliefs. And that was before the banks, feed mill, and all the others who profit from my expansion got a hold of me. I am not at all against Education but it was my education that taught me to build a farm in the end I didn’t want to run. I think we need to teach more quality of life and less profit. I still own my farm land and if I could turn back the clock I would do things differently but wouldn’t we all. Eli

P.S. I still drive a Ford

Trouble is there are very few of us who think like that and human nature as it is, is all about more is better and enough is never enough. The sad fact is The few that are about quality of life get left behind. Even in this age when people talk about sustainability the environment, unemployment etc most are blinded when money is involved. We have probably all been there at some point in our younger life’s. But aren’t we the lucky one’s that have seen the light.? Progression has a lot to answer for in all walks of life. Machines are consistently replacing manual jobs. Traditional skills done away with and forgotten. With an ever increasing population i really don’t see how jobs can be sustained! The governments the world over talk the talk but bring out legislation that leaves the small business out on the shelf, not being able to afford to keep up. I feel fortunate that i have this passion for the land, working my horses and what they can achieve. All together is gives me an inner peace that nothing else could!

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