When my grandfather was in the Air Force, he was required to travel and move with his family frequently. My mom lived in a different state for every year of her high school education, and still my grandfather had to travel even more.
Farmers have faced an incredibly tough year as they have struggled to bring crops all the way to harvest with limited supplies of water. As such, the government has begun to take emergency measures to help out these farmers, in order to give them a sustainable crop load.
These measures have been declared a priority, since an affected food distribution could have economic consequences. As of right now, special funds re being used and land opened up in order to give farmers a needed edge.
These drought conditions have brought a far more immediate disaster to the western United States- fire. Thousands upon thousands of acres have been lost to flames spreading in the West this summer, being most focused in Colorado, Utah, and California.
Technology, these days long-distance relationships do not need to be as hard as they used to be. My grandparents handwrote letters to each other in order to keep in contact. This is rarely heard of anymore, although still appreciated just as much.
Initiative, Military training requires a lot of initiative. Many times you will find yourself in the position of having to improvise and make decisions quickly.
Overseas communications can be expensive thus making calling and texting difficult, if it is not already impossible. However in some cases if you and your significant other both have smart phones you are able to download applications such as Kakao Talk that allow you to communicate for free.
One story of a military veteran who started his farm recently comes to mind. Jack Donner was a Lt in the Marine Corps and had pulled out his VA Loan to start a large scale corn farm in Iowa where he had been born and raised. His biggest corn yield was 2 years ago but the next year he left the season with a huge deficit and tons of expenses to pay off.
As people are becoming more and more affected by the drought it is individualized stories like this that ring true and make the disasters more personal. If we look at the drought, yes it has increased prices of not only corn and wheat and some of our staples but also the price of meat. As feed prices go up so do the prices of beef and pork.
Farmers like Jack deserve our support and not just the governments VA loans. There needs to be more supportive legislation for farmers like Jack who want to keep running their farms but can't without the help of the government or other corporations. So the next time you eat a meal thank a farmer!
Farmers have faced an incredibly tough year as they have struggled to bring crops all the way to harvest with limited supplies of water. As such, the government has begun to take emergency measures to help out these farmers, in order to give them a sustainable crop load.
These measures have been declared a priority, since an affected food distribution could have economic consequences. As of right now, special funds re being used and land opened up in order to give farmers a needed edge.
These drought conditions have brought a far more immediate disaster to the western United States- fire. Thousands upon thousands of acres have been lost to flames spreading in the West this summer, being most focused in Colorado, Utah, and California.
Technology, these days long-distance relationships do not need to be as hard as they used to be. My grandparents handwrote letters to each other in order to keep in contact. This is rarely heard of anymore, although still appreciated just as much.
Initiative, Military training requires a lot of initiative. Many times you will find yourself in the position of having to improvise and make decisions quickly.
Overseas communications can be expensive thus making calling and texting difficult, if it is not already impossible. However in some cases if you and your significant other both have smart phones you are able to download applications such as Kakao Talk that allow you to communicate for free.
One story of a military veteran who started his farm recently comes to mind. Jack Donner was a Lt in the Marine Corps and had pulled out his VA Loan to start a large scale corn farm in Iowa where he had been born and raised. His biggest corn yield was 2 years ago but the next year he left the season with a huge deficit and tons of expenses to pay off.
As people are becoming more and more affected by the drought it is individualized stories like this that ring true and make the disasters more personal. If we look at the drought, yes it has increased prices of not only corn and wheat and some of our staples but also the price of meat. As feed prices go up so do the prices of beef and pork.
Farmers like Jack deserve our support and not just the governments VA loans. There needs to be more supportive legislation for farmers like Jack who want to keep running their farms but can't without the help of the government or other corporations. So the next time you eat a meal thank a farmer!
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