There are a lot of pensive discussions when you are part of a multi-generational farming family. Tough times of droughts, floods, cattle crashes, ever increasing costs, commodity price squeezes, interest rate hikes and wool crashes as well as all the promotion of how virtuous country life is. What is clear is that it all balances out in the end if you stay on your feet and keep a big picture approach.
Humans love a good scare campaign, from kids telling scary stories when camping to adults with manipulative self-interest campaigns.
- 1960’s – no oil in ten years
- 1970’s –…