Not the end of the world, the end of foolishness in farm policy. That's what this writer says we need. I agree with him. We are paying farmers money so they can grow crops they sell at big profit at taxpayer expense.
Farming is and should be a business driven by businesslike decisions. What to grow, where, when and how based on enlightened self interest. Not some bureaucratic "Working the System" welfare cheat stategery that those down on the farm do better then those do even in the city.
I have Friends who live in the innermost inner city who are lovely people. What bugs me is when they pronounce how they have figured out how to "work the system". The system wasn't put in place for them to work. It was put in place to help them so they can get out of the system.
That's what was farm policy was supposed to be. A safety net.
But like the folks from inner city Chicago who have learned to live without ever having to work for the rest of their lives if they choose to, these farmers have learned how to "farm the government" without every having to be responsible to make good decisions for the rest of their lives.
I'm so glad the whistle is being blown on this foolishness. Time for these chickens to come home to roost. Insert your own metaphor here.
Here's the dirty little secret: Allow farming to become what it was supposed to be and you will see the great plains prosper once again. Real farmers farming for real.
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