Farmers in the State- Week 5

         Farmers in the states have been in the same need over these last few years, definitely over the few weeks that this post has come out. One big situation in the United States for independent farmers—those not paid by government associations and other groups—have been the selling of livestock. The prices charged by these farmers for livestock are higher ones and do not sell on the market as well as the cheaper heads of livestock that are funded by organizations. For instance, an independent farmer may sell cattle. The price that processing plants must pay for the cattle to be slaughtered is a hefty one in contrast to the prices paid for cattle of the same caliber from a collaboration of farming groups, sometimes even butchered out of the organization’s wallet.
         An independent farmer paying for the butchering out of their own money sometimes leaves the farmer with a relatively smaller sum than the worth of the cattle sold. Some question why farmers do not just join an organization such as this. By giving up their land and cattle to the organization, independent farmers lose legal rights to the land unless the organization deems that they own it, a farmer can lose his land and cattle farming job to the organization if they no longer require the farmer as a worker, and the farmer can lose his respect and identity, as is so common related to land in rural tradition. Some farmers would rather take the risk and remain independent, working other jobs at different times. When a farmer sells their land to any such organization, the group’s profits may bustle for the time being, but if any loss of profit were to occur, the farmer would have to bring about the best profits of the employees to keep from being released from both the job and the land, as many groups sell the cattle and land away and lay off the farmer.
         If a farmer somehow makes enough money, they might be able to purchase their land back, but the association will likely sell it at a much higher taxable rate and a higher down payment. Farmers battle with these situations from day to day, so if farming in the last century was difficult, not much has changed. These people are tied to their work in a way. No matter what course they choose, they are always threatened by bankruptcy, a loss of their homes, overwork, a loss of their honor and their way of life.