I'm not going to continue to see my assets dwindle away. I'm going to give up and get me a public job. With the rest, bad weather the last few years has severely cut his yields, and high world supplies have pushed prices down so far that they are unprofitable. Neither of his two grown sons farm, he said. Meanwhile, the federal government several years ago cut agricultural subsidies.
Farmers have to sink or swim with far less federal help than before.
Many are sinking, he said. The Farming column appears on Sundays.