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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 6790410" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Where are all these younger farmers?</p><p></p><p>I have to admit I never encouraged any of my kids to go into farming. Yet I can trace all my ancestors being farmers for at least 5 generations. </p><p>Much as I would have loved at least one of them taking up Farming as a career, I couldn’t see the point!</p><p></p><p>Many accountants regard most farmers as lemmings (Though the one that told me that got fired immediately!).</p><p></p><p>So if Boris or anybody else thinks that older farmer should make way for younger ones, maybe he /they should ensure farming is profitable (trading profits) enough to make it worth their while.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, it’s a great life. But relying on the good will of those of us to keep doing it, hoping that things will improve, while be abused by those we feed, won’t encourage our youngsters to follow in our footsteps.</p><p></p><p>The reality being that the real money made out of agriculture doesn’t come from crop or livestock sales, but from selling off capital assets, like barns, houses and grazing paddocks, land for development or land for motorways etc. Or by those who or who’s ancestors bought land years ago and cash in on the inflated value that has absolutely no connection to its farming profitability, whatsoever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 6790410, member: 44728"] Where are all these younger farmers? I have to admit I never encouraged any of my kids to go into farming. Yet I can trace all my ancestors being farmers for at least 5 generations. Much as I would have loved at least one of them taking up Farming as a career, I couldn’t see the point! Many accountants regard most farmers as lemmings (Though the one that told me that got fired immediately!). So if Boris or anybody else thinks that older farmer should make way for younger ones, maybe he /they should ensure farming is profitable (trading profits) enough to make it worth their while. Yes, it’s a great life. But relying on the good will of those of us to keep doing it, hoping that things will improve, while be abused by those we feed, won’t encourage our youngsters to follow in our footsteps. The reality being that the real money made out of agriculture doesn’t come from crop or livestock sales, but from selling off capital assets, like barns, houses and grazing paddocks, land for development or land for motorways etc. Or by those who or who’s ancestors bought land years ago and cash in on the inflated value that has absolutely no connection to its farming profitability, whatsoever. [/QUOTE]
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