Better them than the Chinese, but according to my farrier, who also farms, if one can even get fertilizer, the cost of the process now costs more than he can make on corn, so he thinks he'll only be raising soybeans this year...but that depends on fertilizer, too.
I hope it all works out for these guys, but they'd probably be better off moving there, running a few head of cattle and some chickens, and planting the rest in vegetables for their families.
Better them than the Chinese, but according to my farrier, who also farms, if one can even get fertilizer, the cost of the process now costs more than he can make on corn, so he thinks he'll only be raising soybeans this year...but that depends on fertilizer, too.
I hope it all works out for these guys, but they'd probably be better off moving there, running a few head of cattle and some chickens, and planting the rest in vegetables for their families.
Isn’t manure fertilizer? The Amish use it liberally.
Yes, manure is fertilizer, but I don't know if the average farmer can get it in the quantities they need.
This is a good reason to go back to smaller farms with diverse outputs.