We can expect the Fourth of July gatherings to look a bit different this weekend than in recent years. I hope you’ll join me in thanking the brave men and women who report to work in different uniforms. There are some jobs that are more than a day’s work: they are lifelong callings. Farming is one of those callings.
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It has taken our nation years to recover from big economic disruptions of the past, such as the Great Depression in 1929 and the Great Recession in 2008. Policy decisions made today will have similarly long-lasting repercussions. It’s important for us to learn from all of these disruptions and avoid policies that would stifle innovation and agricultural production.
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To say that 2020 has been stressful would be an understatement. We started the year with weather disasters, followed that up with COVID-19, and now the social unrest happening across our country. For farmers and ranchers, volatility and difficulty are nothing new, but that doesn’t mean they don’t take their toll on us.
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While there’s a long road ahead in the health crisis we’re facing with COVID-19, I can’t help but be uplifted when I hear the stories of how producers and Farm Bureaus are answering the call to community and country. For some, that means doing all you can to hold on until we get to the other side of this crisis. It also means sharing our stories.
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A couple months ago, a good friend of mine, a longtime dairy farmer, took his own life. I don’t really know what led him to such a dark and desperate place; it could have been several things. All I know is more and more of us in agriculture are dealing with these very personal losses.
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