MSN Says Farming is a Heroic Career
Here is a good helping of positive media coverage for farmers and ranchers this week. In a recent article at MSN Careers, a study was conducted to identify the top ten careers people consider the most notable and prestigious. Ranchers were listed at number eight and were joined by firefighters, scientists, doctors, nurses, teachers, military officers, police officers, religious leaders and engineers. Too often, the American public is mislead against farmers and ranchers, and often, they don’t trust our dedication to animal care and environmental stewardship while producing a safe and wholesome product to feed the world. Yet, this study proves that we still have the support of many consumers, and maybe the general public does trust and support the good old American farmer and rancher, after all!
The Ups and Downs of Respected Careers by Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder.com writer
Ultimately we all want to spend our days doing what we’re good at. Yet, we still hold certain professions in higher regard than others. Some jobs receive our collective admiration. Maybe it’s because we know they’re not easy careers to have and we wouldn’t be able to wake up one day and decide to do it. Harris Interactive* conducts an annual survey to determine occupations people consider the most prestigious, and its latest results prove that money and fame don’t matter much when it comes to prestige. Based on the results, careers where serving other people is the main objective came in far ahead of jobs associated with big paychecks and publicity.
8. Farmers
Why it’s prestigious: Farmers are an oft-forgotten segment of society, yet we rely on them for food and materials we use. Without farming, we’d be a much different (and far hungrier) society. Why it’s not for everyone: The physical labor alone is enough to turn most people off. Plus, they don’t have 9-to-5 schedules and their income often depends on the whims of Mother Nature, seeing as bad weather can adversely affect crops. Income: $30,074 (for ranch farmers)
BEEF Daily Quick Fact: On average, every hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, around $6 million in U.S. agricultural products–grains, oilseeds, cotton, meats, vegetables, snack foods, etc., will be consigned for shipment for export to foreign markets.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:16 am
That’s great…In Ionia, Mi. My parents were raided by the EPA/DEQ on July 7th. They are both pushing their 80’s - 43 Feds came storming in their house wearing bullet proof vets caring guns and turned their house upside down - treating them like they were Meth dealers. There was a tip that there were dangerous chemicals buried out back behind the seed shed. Keep in mind, they went thru an inspection earlier this year with the MI Dept of Ag. and completed the inspection with clean ground core and water inspecions. One of our local Judges issued the search warrent.
Lots of press coverage was done on this incident. The local News crew was camped out waiting for anything. They did find buried some old tires and some rotten grain that went bad in a bin. The Feds freaked out when they found the rotten grain and all got out their haz-mat suits and the News crew got all excited, because they are city folk and don’t know what grain looks like. The Feds also destroyed the irrigation piping and wiring in their diggings.
My dad and sister were arrested and put in jail for a nite, because they were hindering the investigation. It’s illegal to be on your own land you know! The attorney general for Mi. Said to release them the next day and called off the Deq/Epa - telling them they had spent enough time searching. IMAGINE how much of our tax dollers were spent on this and the farmers did get some bad press with the news of possible ground contaimination……..Imagine the lawyer bills. The whole community is really upset with all of the money wasted. Especially, when Michigan has no money !
August 6th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Thanks for sharing this with all of us on BEEF Daily, Mary. It sounds like a very unfortunate incident on some good people. I’m sorry to hear it. Thanks again for stopping by.
Amanda Nolz
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