I've always respected them for what they do. I didn't grow up on a farm, and never really had much exposure to it until I moved to the country. Today I spent 6 hours planting soybeans for the neighbor farmer. My first time ever running a tractor. Made me really think about the work and sacrifices they make to put food on our tables.

I grew up on a small farm and all my close cousins were dairy farmers. They all planted corn, beans and milo for their own feed. The rest of their acreage was pasture and hay fields used for baled hay.

Lots of friends that raise beef to this day. They are some of the most dedicated hard workers in our society.

Please be careful on the tractor k snow. My best friends father was killed by a tractor earlier this week. I’ve farmed all my life and it’s no easy job. One of my earliest memories is of my great grandfather getting killed on a tractor. Eric

I've helped them out around the farm quite a bit the last few years, and it amazes me how many ways to die there are on a farm. One of their sons has a nasty scar on his arm from an accident. The other son was run over when young, but lived. Seems like every farming family has stories like that to tell.

Thank you for your respect, most of us aren’t right in the head to put up the bs we do, one accident story when my grandfather was in his 30 he was a driver for the ambulance crew and grandmother was on the crew a call came in they responded and it was a friend of his that fell off the back of the tractor and was ran over by the disk, they picked up the pieces, my grandfather had enough when he saw that and walked back to town about 10 miles away.

Older friend of mine in his 70s died a few years back. Got off the tractor to open a gate and the tractor ran over him. He was able to call his wife but was dead when she got out there.

This guy was born a farmer. Bought his first tractor with money he saved at 9 years old. Still had that tractor and about 80 other international last time we were talking tractors. He was under 10 when he was helping his dad log and a lim broke loose and killed his dad in front of him back in the woods.

Even the most experienced still make fatal mistakes.

I lost an eye building fence when I was a kid but I still don't understand the accidents by machinery. I had a father that worked 30 years in underground utilities plus farming. When I was a kid I was trained to look out for danger around you. Wish he would have pushed the safety glasses more.

I think a lot of the machinery accidents come from complacency. "Its just a quick job" gets a lot of guys hurt.

I definitely wore earmuffs, its no wonder most of the old farmers around here are deaf.

I remember my Ag economics professor once saying (1976) that farming is the only business that takes a million dollars in investment to net $30,000 a year. He forgot to mention the hard work part....or the years you have to borrow to get that 30,000.

Fourth generation farmer here. Planted corn all day today. It’s a way of life but a good one. Got to respect the land, Mother Nature, and everything entailed in the operating. We use anhydrous ammonia and I’ve got quite a few stories about the dangers of that stuff!

Some ppl don’t respect the farmers , even a few on this site! I just don’t think they completely understand what goes into a working farm. Easy to sit on the sideline and point fingers I guess.

Thanks for the gesture K snow

Growing up in South Dakota, did my fair share.
Baling hay, and hauling beans corn to elevator.
At time's I miss it.