The American farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything he buys at retail, sells everything he sells at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.
Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.
No loss, in proportion to its amount, affects the interest of the nation so deeply, and vitally, and is so difficult to recover, as the loss of agricultural capital and produce
When politicians talk of loan waiver, they are accepting that agriculture is not economically viable. They are giving a wrong signal that farming is not economically viable. It's true. That's where the loan waiver comes in.
Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.
I'm going to be the unapologetic chief advocate, chief salesman for American agriculture products around the world. You grow 'em, we're going to sell 'em.
There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.
Little ol' boy in the Panhandle told me the other day you can still make a small fortune in agriculture. Problem is, you got to start with a large one.
Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
