My daughter is nearly 18 months old right now. It’s the perfect age to remember all the things you were going to do as the “perfect” parent — and it’s been long enough to have broken most of those rules already.
As mothers and farmers, our kids' safety is absolutely our number one priority. We also understand it is vitally important it is to protect children but we also feel strongly about the values and work ethic that farm kids develop.
To farm today requires guts and money. It takes capital to get land and equipment. Then, farmers pay for inputs like seed and fertilizer upfront, and we accept the market price when the crop is ready to harvest. In fact, that price can be lower than what it costs to grow the crop.
With every generation, we’ve advanced our knowledge and understanding of the land through farming technology. Today, we have the data to know what’s going on in each of our fields — practically down to the square inch.
