God Made A Farmer commercial = EPIC!

[WooClone15]

Apparently your Dad and I would get along :)

There are very few farmers around that are like the farmers in that commercial anymore.

Yeah, that's what he's said. I think that if he could he'd really like to be back on the farm and farming the way he remembers from his childhood. But they had what would now be a smaller farm so it really isn't an option. Plus living in Scott County would make it a lot harder to get to all the iowa state football and basketball games

[SenorCy]

It made me fall asleep

[jsb]

I was trying to explain this concept to my gf how corporate farming is now as well, didn't help that she was tearing up.

Maybe you could tell her that the farmers that they depicted probably wouldn't be able to afford a brand new Dodge Ram if they were full time farmers when she was growing up. :)

My Dad was unusual even back in the 80's and 90's in that he didn't inherit his land and only farmed about 400 acres and didn't have an off the farm job. Even then that was unusual. The late 90's and early 2000's brought a lot of floods, low hog prices, and catostrophic health insurnace too expensive to buy on your own, so he got an off the farm job.

The irony is that right now is a pretty good time to be a farmer, but it won't stay that way for long. But even now his farm pickup is a 1997 Ford, which is a pretty good upgrade from the 1986 Ford that he had before. And he recently upgraded from a 40 year old tractor to a 20 year old tractor and a 35 year old combine to a 25 year old combine!

[CyForPresident]

It's interesting reading that those who bash Iowa's ANF stickers like this commercial. It's a marketing money grab, they really don't care.

I would agree. I've been very critical of ANF in the past, mostly from jealously. That is really something ISU should own, but raisin face beat ISU to the punch in the 80's when the ISU administration stopped caring about any athletics. I've accepted it and I'm glad they do something, but the AHF helps ease that pain :)

[cyclones500]

I'll preface it by saying that I grew up in the country, but that commercial was over the top and pretty damn ridiculous.

As an ex-farm kid, I didn't want to be the only one to say it.

It did make me nostalgic-emotional in the pre-1980s way, I suppose.

[Tre4ISU]

Good marketing unfortanately Dodge trucks still suck.

When was the last time you looked into a Dodge?

[Farnsworth]

It's interesting reading that those who bash Iowa's ANF stickers like this commercial. It's a marketing money grab, they really don't care.

exactly what I thought when I read the first page of the thread.

[jsb]

Yeah, that's what he's said. I think that if he could he'd really like to be back on the farm and farming the way he remembers from his childhood. But they had what would now be a smaller farm so it really isn't an option. Plus living in Scott County would make it a lot harder to get to all the iowa state football and basketball games

I never really thought my Dad enjoyed farming all that much. He got an accounting degree from Iowa State, but decided to farm in the early 70's after getting out of the army. I also thought that he regretted not staying in accounting after he started farming. After getting an off the farm job after 30 years on his own, he did miss completely being his own boss. He still grain farms, but doesn't have hogs any more. He doesn't miss those for sure.

On a completely different note, I didn't expect to see someone from Wooster on here!

[DurangoCy]

It hit home for me, I can remember sitting in the truck with dad waiting for the bus in the mornings freezing my *** off and listing to Paul Harvey. Being a dirt poor farmer when I was a kid definitely wasn't fun, but it kills me that the family sold out in the mid 90's. I hope I can get it back someday when I'm older.

[WooClone15]

I never really thought my Dad enjoyed farming all that much. He got an accounting degree from Iowa State, but decided to farm in the early 70's after getting out of the army. I also thought that he regretted not staying in accounting after he started farming. After getting an off the farm job after 30 years on his own, he did miss completely being his own boss. He still grain farms, but doesn't have hogs any more. He doesn't miss those for sure.

On a completely different note, I didn't expect to see someone from Wooster on here!

I think for my dad it was more of a family history thing. The farm's been in our family since the 1840's and he was the first son to not farm so I think that was a little hard. But he's still involved in agriculture so he enjoys that.

And I know, it is pretty surprising. I go to the college so there aren't that many of us from Iowa but there are a few. Do you have a connection to Wooster/the area?

[CyForPresident]

I never really thought my Dad enjoyed farming all that much. He got an accounting degree from Iowa State, but decided to farm in the early 70's after getting out of the army. I also thought that he regretted not staying in accounting after he started farming. After getting an off the farm job after 30 years on his own, he did miss completely being his own boss. He still grain farms, but doesn't have hogs any more. He doesn't miss those for sure.

On a completely different note, I didn't expect to see someone from Wooster on here!

Being your own boss is the best part of farming. I have no problem working 14 hours days when I'm making the decisions and don't have a cockbag boss questioning everything I do.

[jsb]

I think for my dad it was more of a family history thing. The farm's been in our family since the 1840's and he was the first son to not farm so I think that was a little hard. But he's still involved in agriculture so he enjoys that.

And I know, it is pretty surprising. I go to the college so there aren't that many of us from Iowa but there are a few. Do you have a connection to Wooster/the area?

Yeah, I think he would have missed it had he had to completely get out 10-15 years ago. There are 5 of us kids, but only one is a boy and he isn't going to farm and I doubt any of us girls are going to marry anyone interested in farming. And it will be a bit sad when it is no longer in the family.

And since this is all about my Dad all of the time, one of his army friends was from and lives in Wooster. We would visit every couple of years. Nice town.

[jmb]

Being your own boss is the best part of farming. I have no problem working 14 hours days when I'm making the decisions and don't have a cockbag boss questioning everything I do.

You must be single.

[cowgirl836]

Being your own boss is the best part of farming. I have no problem working 14 hours days when I'm making the decisions and don't have a cockbag boss questioning everything I do.

if only you could control the weather, then it'd be pretty good :)

[Tre4ISU]

You must be single.

Because you can't work 14 hour days and have a life with your family, right?