Thank A Farmer

By Corey McCullock

Kat Country Hub Columnist

Living in Omaha now for almost four months, I am realizing how many people take the career of farming for granted.

Some people I talk to have no idea what a farm even looks like. That was when I realized that things might need to change. I’ve seen in movies where people would talk about the “flyover states” and all they would see was field after field of crops. What they don’t realize is that those crops lead way to everything else in our nation.

Without those crops cattle and other animals would have no feed, vehicles would have no ethanol or soy diesel and many food products in the market today would be impossible to make. So many people have no idea all the good that agriculture has on the nation. I believe that the agriculture industry in this nation is what drives our economy.

Think about the challenges that the world has to face.Will there be enough food to feed 9 billion people in the future? The answer rests in the fields full of crops and the fences full of animals This can be extended out of this nation to farmers all over the world. The work that they put in is hard and the days are long. I feel like they should be thanked for what they do. I’m not saying shake the hand and say thank you to every farmer, but every now and then just stop and talk to somebody in agriculture and understand what they do, not just for themselves, but for you. Your next meal could be thanks to the farmer in your town or area that you don’t even know exists.

Now I know that most farmers in my hometown of Lyons are known, but if there is anybody from a larger city reading this, take the time, it’ll be worth it.

Corey McCullock