I didn't really get to see my grandfather as much as I would have liked to, but I know they had larger buying power than what we have today. What I proposed in my speech, buying power being $8 a pound, would bring us back to the same buying power my grandparents had when my dad was younger, which was 1970.
I know they had a stronger buying power, and when they took their cattle to market they would make enough money to buy about 20 vehicles. Now, if we were to do the same, we could maybe make a down payment on one. So I've noticed we aren't making any money. That's the biggest issue.
I've also noticed that people are starting to tire. My dad talks about when he went into it there was enthusiasm and people were excited to do it. But now you talk to all the 4-H members and probably one is interested in farming. I think that's the biggest difference: perhaps the biggest problem is because there is no motivation for us to be farmers.