Two Farmers With the Same Opinion

In this blog, I will be discussing and sharing a blog from another blogger with the same thoughts on agriculture. When I found this blog, I couldn't agree more with Alex Tiller. If you check out his blog site, and you like agriculture, I'm sure you would agree with Alex and I too. In Alex's blog he talks about what would happen if farmers quit farming and no longer produced crops for companies to sell to the public. He also states that if companies didn't have crops to produce and sell to the public, grocery store and other department store's shelves would go bare.  After reading this blog, I realized that I am not the only one who thinks about things like that. I myself, am a farmer. I've farmed most of my life with my grandpa and my dad. Sometimes I also ask myself, "what would happen if there was no farmers in the world"? Well to answer my own question, I do agree with Alex. If the were no farmers, store's inventories would run dry. I've based my life on 4 simple words; "No Farmers, No Food".

Country Or Not?

Most people say that in order for someone to be a farmer, you have to be born and raised in the country and on a farm. Well, that's not always the case. There are lots of people in the United States who farm for a living or farm in their spare time. For those who may not know it, there is a lot of football players in the NCAA who play football and they either live on a farm or farm in there spare time. My friend, C_Dogg's blog is all about college football. Check out his blog and his opinions on college football at http://www.cfwhoisthebest.blogspot.com/. There are college football players everywhere who farm for a living. In my opinion, you don't have to be born and raised on a farm to do that in you spare time.

Today in Agriculture

The world in agriculture changes daily. Sometimes without even knowing it. One thing that  changes daily is the markets. The market is constantly like a guessing game, you will never know when its going to go up and stay up or plummet to its normal price that it is today. Its not just Central Illinois farmers who have to worry about the up and down market. It affects farmers everywhere. Illinois is one of the major producers in cash crops. Some of the other competing states are Indiana, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Even though the markets have their ups and downs, farmers in Central Illinois still strive to make ends meet. Another concern in today's economy, is the fertilizer prices. The prices of fertilizers and seed have made a major increase over the years. Farmers today, are wondering how they will be able to afford these prices in the near future. Seed prices today have been higher then farmers would of ever thought. Seed corn prices today reach over $200 per bag. Seed is not the only thing reach a high price. Liquid fertilizers and anhydrous has also increased over the years. Liquid fertilizer actually costs more to be put on privately rather then having contract companies do it for them.