Old 03-27-2011, 08:11 AM
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Shelbie
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We live on a farm of 250 acres and grow seed potatoes, seed barley, wheat and oats and even bird seed (millet). We also have a cow/calf herd and grow hay for them and to sell to local horse farms. My children are now fifth generation on this land (first family members immigrated from Ireland during the potato famine) and we are struggling to move forward with plan for the future. We won't farm forever and none of our children want to work as hard as their family has in the past. Farmers don't seem to be valued in Canada, we don't even have a Canadian food policy and input costs are often higher than returns. Who wants to buy this farm?
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