Facing challenges is nothing new to America’s farmers. However, most of 2018 and 2019 to date has tested our mental and physical fortitude. Many of the national headlines regarding weather variability and trade challenges seem like old news to many of us. This is not our first rodeo with Mother Nature. I remember the challenges of 1974, 1988, 1993, 2012 and many others in between. Farming is not for the faint of heart.
