Two news stories from the Wall Street Journal:
What the Hay!? In Texas, Giant Bales Go Missing
Seems Texas is in drought and the 1,700-pound bales of hay are being stolen...hay rustling.
And then this:
Bumper Cherry Crop Turns Sour
Tons of Unharvested Fruit Rots Under Government Program to Keep Prices Stable
In Traverse City, Michigan, the cherry capital of the world, farmers are filling the ditches with sour cherries. It seems a shame. The article says people are cutting desserts (cherry pie)as they are watching their calorie intake, and cutting down buying the dried cherries because of the expense, so the demand for the sour fruit is down.
I have always thought the life cycle of a farmer is the most stressful of all occupations. No rain breaks my heart every season. Too much rain breaks my heart as the fields are so sodden you can't get into them.
But if the weather is good and you have a good crop you then have to throw it out.
The faint of heart should not go into farming.
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