10/07/2026
Saw this post by someone else and with trying to get beans off right now, I thought it should be shared. Beans are one commodity that the fall weather is a big harvesting factor.
THE FARMER DOESN’T GET PAID FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES.
HE GETS PAID FOR WHAT SURVIVES EVERYTHING HE DOES.
Think about that.
Nobody pays the farmer because he fixed a fence.
Nobody pays him because he checked the water, watched an animal that wasn’t acting quite right, cut grass, managed pasture, bought minerals, moved cattle, worked cattle, fixed equipment—or stayed up at night worrying.
Nobody pays for the thousand little things it takes every day just to keep a farm moving.
Those things are costs.
The income comes later.
Hopefully.
That’s what gets lost when people look at agriculture strictly through commodity prices.
They see what the cattle brought.
What the corn sold for.
What beef costs.
What eggs cost.
But agriculture has an enormous invisible middle—all the work, time, money and risk between:
We started.
and
We sold something.
And sometimes Mother Nature walks right through that middle and kicks the whole damn table over. 😂
Drought.
Too much rain.
Fertilizer costs.
Disease.
Equipment failure.
Fire.
Storms.
Markets.
Fuel costs.
So many things completely outside a farmer’s control.
That’s why I don’t romanticize agriculture.
Agriculture can be beautiful and brutal before lunch.
The people producing Canada’s food don’t need anyone feeling sorry for them.
They need people to understand what it actually takes.