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Thank a farmer for their 'hobby'

Most of us have a hobby — knitting sweaters, playing a musical instrument, painting a pretty picture, tinkering with electronics, etc. Few, indeed, are the hobbyists who make any money from their efforts.

Keep that fact in mind when you think about farming. It has long been a hard-work hobby.

My father, a life-long farmer, used to say that a person only farms because he or she loves working with the soil and plants. In that sense, then, it is a hobby. Most farmers farm because of love for the land, not because he can’t do anything else.

My father also said that if a farmer netted 5% over his i...

 

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