It doesn't seem very fair whatsoever. When we did our transition to natural gas from propane, we were able to tap into a fund. Basically, we got $24,000 to help offset the cost of switching from propane to natural gas. It cost us upwards of $2 million to do that, but we knew we needed it to stay viable. It was part of our future if we wanted to be sustainable moving forward.
When Dad started the farm here back in 1984, oil was really cheap. All our input costs now are through the roof, so we needed to do what was best, and natural gas was the best.
Anything that could be done to help us would be tremendous, but we don't get 33ยข on the dollar, basically, for anything we put in. We definitely don't get that.