“The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.” — Will Rogers

“You would be much amused with the animals ‘round the ranch.”― Theodore Roosevelt

When 2020 began, there was a sense of cautious optimism among farmers.

“Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic…..

“Farmers do not grow crops, a farmer creates an environment in which crops can grow.” -Unknown

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The farmer is the only person in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.” -John F Kennedy