In 1985, as a 20-year-old, I must have given this speech at a Rural Youth event. Some has aged well. Some has not. The topic for my talk is the very real problem of rapidly increasing farm costs, in relation to farm income. I have chosen this well-worn subject to demonstrate the farmer’s plight in our current economic climate. I have collated some interesting figures on costs and income to illustrate our dire situation. I’ve gone back 15 years a…
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