The profound experiences of loss and resilience within the farming community resonate deeply within me as I share my family’s story. The story of Dick Tyler, my father, an eighty-two-year-old wheat farmer from Montana, who tragically took his own life, sheds light on the silent struggles that often plague those working in agriculture.
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Jeff Corle watched his herd of Guernseys leave in a truck headed toward someone else’s farm in March of 2022. It is a lonely, emotional experience to sell one’s cows, and it has become tragically common in modern times. There isn’t much discussion about how it feels to go through something like that.
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The Hybrid SuperTree from Karsten Nursery is a cross between Chinese and White Willows. It is mainly used as windbreaks. By planting this species across a field, farmers or ranchers can have a thick hedgerow to stop wind and snow in a short period.
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The emotion of saying “Goodbye” to a loved one who is dying or has already died is one of the most painful things we’ll ever experience in our lives, but we can turn it into a personal growth experience.
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The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us that in the Lord’s plan, everything has a season. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what was planted. As farmers and ranchers, we live by those sacred words. The things of this world pass away, but the goodness of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and a Samaritan’s heart goes on for eternity.
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