Newfound Optimism
John Lindamood
Tiptonville, Tenn.
Farming – cotton farming in particular – has always been a challenging business. My father began farming in 1952. I took up the challenge in 1984.
Each year we are either too dry, have too much rain or both. We have to constantly scout for insect infestations and weeds that have become resistant to our herbicides.
Commodity prices historically fail to reflect ever increasing input costs. In addition to production concerns, we have to deal with the political reality that with each election we have fewer lawmakers who understand the complex issues facing agriculture. Our federal and state regulatory agencies often seem out of step with a common sense approach to environmental issues, such as severely limiting farmers' access to water in favor of smelt fish or withholding approval for re-registration of crop protection products vital to dealing with resistant weed management.
source : cottonfarming
John Lindamood
Tiptonville, Tenn.
Farming – cotton farming in particular – has always been a challenging business. My father began farming in 1952. I took up the challenge in 1984.
Each year we are either too dry, have too much rain or both. We have to constantly scout for insect infestations and weeds that have become resistant to our herbicides.
Commodity prices historically fail to reflect ever increasing input costs. In addition to production concerns, we have to deal with the political reality that with each election we have fewer lawmakers who understand the complex issues facing agriculture. Our federal and state regulatory agencies often seem out of step with a common sense approach to environmental issues, such as severely limiting farmers' access to water in favor of smelt fish or withholding approval for re-registration of crop protection products vital to dealing with resistant weed management.
source : cottonfarming
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