Farmers Quotations | Page 5

The farmers received false information a long time ago. There was all kinds of misinformation put out there to them about this 40-acre thing, and what they could do.

The farmers of Dallas County and Central Iowa should benefit by having a new market available for their commodities.

The farmers like to see how far the tractors have progressed through the years. The harness racing is also a longtime favorite.

The farmers just want everybody to play by the same set of rules that they have to play by.

The farmers I've talked to don't find it acceptable at all.

The farmers in this state have really changed their practices and have improved water quality. I've seen streams that were marginal turn around, and now there is viable reproduction in these streams where it wasn't supported before.

The farmers in this area are following the University of Minnesota best practices for agriculture. They're not the bad guy. They're not doing anything wrong. However, it's the geology that's not cooperating.

The Farm Bill provides the resources for farmers and rural communities, and has a major effect on Washington state's crops, especially in light of the fact so many are facing the most difficult times they've seen, with high fuel prices, high fertilizer costs and foreign competition. (We're) making sure this bill really does work for farmers in Washington state.

The cost to agriculture has exceeded US$10 billion (euro8.3 billion). The livelihood of around 300 million farmers has been affected.

In general, farmers are going to be a little bit leery of that.

In life, there are a lot of expectations. I see why in the South, especially, there's a simple existence. People, whether they're cowboys or farmers or ranchers, you just get up, you do your job, you have a family, you come home.

I know that Nebraska farmers and ranchers will be very happy with this agreement,

I'm pleased that USDA can offer assistance to farmers and ranchers who have sustained losses from Hurricane Katrina, ... This agriculture disaster designation will enable eligible producers to apply for low-interest emergency loans from USDA to help cover their losses. This announcement is a part of our commitment to help farmers and ranchers to rebuild their operations.

I'm one of nine sisters. My parents were dairy farmers in Wisconsin. My father didn't believe in girls doing farm work. Girls did housework, and he hired young men to do farm work. I would have preferred to be outside.

I'm just living in Eau Claire, not really leaving for much. I go to the farmers market, go to the studio, go home and play with my cats. I don't know if I've ever been this happy, which is really awesome.

I pay $2.95 per bushel of corn now. If I bought the corn from farmers in Middle and West Tennessee, it would cost $1.93 to $2.13 per bushel. By the time I add shipping charges, it would cost $2.95 a bushel. I am paying local farmers the difference in the transportation cost to help keep them in business.

If USDA wants to improve its computer systems, I'm all for it, ... But they shouldn't try to pay for those upgrades by closing the FSA offices our farmers depend on. It never made sense to me that the way to save money was to force farmers and ranchers to drive farther or go online to get their questions answered. I had serious reservations about this plan, as did many members of Congress. I'm glad USDA listened to those concerns and has decided to scrap this plan.

If you have the 'Total Information Awareness' project working, it might be relatively easy to find everyone who had bought more than a ton of fertilizer and 500 gallons of diesel in the last year, which would be a great way of spotting potential Tim McVeighs - but it would also spot half the farmers and ranchers in America.

Instead, they're cultivated like corn or potatoes on plantations. The tree farmers use a lot of poison to keep weeds away from the roots and a great deal of fertilizer to make the trees grow evenly and look pretty.

Instead of wholesale adoption, we are seeing at most experimentation. Worldwide farmers have good reason to be wary.

In order to reduce the impact of this disease, it is essential that resistant bananas be developed, ... Chemical control is available but expensive and generally not available for poor farmers who depend on this crop. Moreover, the pathogen has a tendency to develop resistance or tolerance toward some types of fungicides.

Illinois' claim to horseradish fame seems to be lost on everyone but the farmers who supply the world.

In the short term there is a lot of pessimism among farmers as a whole. But they want to believe it will work itself out.

I have talked to people across the country struggling in the face of an altered climate. New Jersey homeowners are trying to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. Miami government officials are trying to plan for rising seas and flooded streets. California farmers are trying to make it through the state's worst drought on record.

I propose for the NPC Standing Committee to include a law on safeguarding the social security of landless farmers in its legislation plan.

In several cases, I'm convinced the financial and personal help these producers have received from other farmers and farm organizations across the country made the difference between giving agriculture another go and just giving up.

If your place caught on fire, well, you were just out that building. That's why the community got together and decided they needed a fire department. Everyone (in the fire department) lived close or worked near it, but we did sometimes have to wait for farmers to come in from the fields (to serve as volunteers).

In my view, the most sensible approach would be to compensate farmers for measures which temporarily reduce production.

If there is any way through this process that we can help those farmers and ranchers stay on the farm or on the ranch I would encourage that.

By its decision, the State Tax Commission has recognized that Missouri?s farmers and ranchers are facing potentially long-term pressure on productivity due to input costs, market variability, and weather-related disasters.

Cleveland backed the gold standard, which detractors believed hurt the farmers and small business owners. Sibley did not support that...(and) had the wherewithal to stand up in Congress and tell the president he was wrong.

calls for dismantling trade barriers and ending agriculture subsidies that hurt small farmers and the private sector.

How a farmer controls corn rootworm in Indiana really depends on what sort of pest pressure they face. In southern Indiana, most farmers wouldn't treat for it at all because there are very few corn rootworm larvae in that part of the state. In the moderate region in northeast and central Indiana, farmers may use soil insecticides or seed treatments for control. In the high pressure northwest corner of Indiana, most farmers use soil insecticides and some use seed treatments.

Generally dairy hay is tested in order to gage animal performance. Animals will perform better with higher-protein hay. As hay matures though, protein goes down, so we've devised a hay check to help farmers out.

Good moisture conditions across western Canada will encourage maximum use of the productive capacity and the impact of significant crop growth last year indicates a need for fertilizer products this year. In addition, the combination of high rates of collection on last year's credit programs and the positive credit profile of the Company's farmer customers suggest that the delays in customer purchasing decisions are operational rather than financial, as farmers weigh final planting decisions against demand signals from the world commodity markets.

If, for some reason, these guys don't come to work tomorrow, then we're not moving chickens. The next time you go to Bojangles', you're going to pay more for your chicken. Chicken farmers would suffer because they couldn't get their chicken to market. It would be devastating to our industry.

If farmers are going to get any help, it'll come from other farmers because no one else is sensitive to their needs.

I describe the current farm bill as perhaps the most high-risk approach we could take for our nation's farmers and ranchers in the future, ... Some have expressed concern about giving up what is considered to be the current safety net. I ask you to contemplate the purpose of a safety net, and whether current farm programs truly fulfill that purpose for American agriculture.

I appreciate President Bush for acting quickly to bring federal disaster aid to the citizens, businesses and farmers of Alabama.

I am pleased to be part of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus. As a senator from the nation's number one dairy state, I know how important dairy issues are to my State and to the nation. I look forward to working with my colleagues on issues important to our dairy farmers as we work on the next Farm Bill.

I don't want to put any farmers at risk under the next farm bill. I want to do everything we possibly can to make sure we don't lose another case that is considered trade-distorting by the WTO.

I don't want to get people's hopes up. It's not going to be a dollar-for-dollar thing, ... it will help farmers recover and put people back to work.

Grain shipments are beginning to bounce back to levels reflective of the high volumes produced in 2004 and 2005. The Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) recent take-up of grain offered for sale by farmers and the steady delivery of non-CWB grains and oilseeds despite current commodity prices are reasons for increasing optimism about grain shipments over the balance of the fiscal year.

For the money that the U.S. federal government paid farmers between 1995 and 2003, ... the government could have purchased outright more than a quarter of all farms.

Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.

I can't control my own income, I can't control my own destiny, I can't even control my own farm if I'm a farmer. This is not going to last.

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

You cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do is like a farmer create the conditions under which it will begin to flourish.

Love one another, make something with your hands, and exalt the farmer.

A farmer does not grow something in the sense that he or she creates it. That human is only a small part of the whole process by which nature expresses its being.

I want to empower farmers to expand their market share.

Farmers' markets are one of my favourite sources for Christmas goodies.

These are good prices right now. I know a dry subsoil moisture level has had Illinois and Iowa farmers nervous. But, the recent rains should have relieved them a little bit about their planting prospects in April.

These are counties targeted for consolidation. Bill Graff will be talking to farmers and commodity groups on getting their input. We'll talk to anybody that wants to talk. The goal is to have better equipped, better trained, more efficient offices.

This is a great way to support our Greene County farmers and at the same time, Greene County residents can enjoy fresh, locally grown produce.

All counties contiguous to the 44 identified counties will also be a part of the plan as we look to see where the best combinations fit the needs of farmers across Illinois.

All counties contiguous to the 43 identified counties will also be a part of the plan as we look to see where the best combinations fit the needs of farmers across Illinois.

The dairy farmers deserve better from the supermarkets." ()

It is too narrow an understanding of production which confines it merely to the making of things. Production includes not merely the making of things, but the bringing of them to the consumer. The merchant or storekeeper is thus as truly a producer as is the manufacturer, or farmer, and his stock or capital is as much devoted to production as is theirs.

The Endangered Species Act is in desperate need of an update, ... It has hurt species recovery by leading to the trend we all know as 'shoot, shovel and shut up.' And it has hurt family farmers and ranchers by taking their property away.

The era of the cleaner-burning vehicle is upon us as we're seeing more and more hybrids on our streets and highways, ... This program initiated by Farmers Insurance is sure to accelerate the popularity of these hybrids, and I thank them for this great initiative.

The high price of fuel and fertilizer has played a significant factor in net returns to farmers. This will cause many farmers across the country to look for new ways to cut costs while maintaining yields.

The increasing costs of farming, from fuel for trucks and tractors to fertilizer, are beginning to wipe out farmers in Washington state,

A guy like John Givens, who sells at farmers markets, that's the way to go.

Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their longstanding relationships with businesses. Our study shows they are correct and provides insight into how today's farmer makes those decisions.

A good chunk of our time is being spent on Hill visits, in both the Senate and House, to make sure our needs are understood. We also are holding a press conference and a farmers' market in the Upper Senate Park to showcase farm-fresh produce from all over the United States. We are offering it to anyone who comes to meet farmers and learn about the role we play.

Zurich has always been very much a non-life story. But it's interesting to see ... the focus turning toward the life business and Farmers now that premiums are under pressure in the United States.

All we're doing is serving as a portal. It's a one-stop shop that you can go to and find all of the resources that farmers can go and look at. If you just look at materials for your own state, you may not be aware of what's going on in the states around you and this site provides a lot of the good information.

The economy of the state has changed dramatically. The changing face of agriculture drove out farmers and farm families, which drove off businesses that rely on farm families.

The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between farmers and city dwellers, but between tax payers and tax consumers

The countryside can only develop if the farmers have full pockets.

The challenge is you have very poor peasants and farmers from undeveloped countries for whom this is lifetime experience for which there are no words. They have been saving money their entire lives. They're now in their 50s and 60s. They think fervor will get maximum reward.

The (coastal) farmers were the first people to use the water, so they have the oldest rights. That's the way water rights work in Texas. First come, first served.

The certificate idea came about from when I used to sit around with the farmers as I was tearing down their barns. They'd sit there and tell me all these stories about their barns.

The first Farm Aid concert helped tremendously to draw national attention to the many thousands of family farmers fighting for survival,

I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family.

The construction of a new countryside should definitely make stuff more convenient for farmers' lives and production. If we move farmers into high-rises, using elevators might bring inconveniences because they have to carry hoes and stocks, and some farmers want to bring livestock.

America's farmers should not be used as pawns in foreign policy disputes, ... The only people hurt by food embargoes are U.S. farmers and innocent citizens of other countries.

All of the American people stand to lose if we allow a short-term crisis to drive thousands of small family farmers into bankruptcy and off the farm,

All the farmers brought their best this and their best that. They elected a beauty queen, and she reigned over the whole thing. They had a pretty baby contest, and that brought out a whole lot of people.

The main purpose of this is to do solid work for the farmers and not to increase their financial burden.

I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game.

Parity is for farmers.

Farmers buy a lot of computers.

I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical, it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor.

What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.

It was a subject [ volcanoes] that was dormant in me for a long time and it popped up 40 years ago when I made a [short] film on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe about a volcano that was about to explode and a single farmer refused to leave ["La Soufrière"].

Tilth is something every farmer can recognize but no scientist can measure.

A farmer's market is worth more than everything I've written.

When we did the first one, I really thought that one would be all that would be necessary. Everybody would say 'Oh yeah, the farmers are getting screwed here, let's fix that,'

I know there's a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that's fine with me.

Here once the embattled farmers stood, / And fired the shot heard round the world.

Knowledge workers are neither farmers nor labor nor business; they are employees of organizations.

It is the future. Through bio-diesel, we can reduce dependency on foreign oil and adopt an energy source that's clean, renewable and helps family farmers find new uses for their products.

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

ours are the only farmers who can read Homer

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?

There is no reason, in a free society, that farmers shouldn’t be allowed to raise hemp. Hemp is a good product.