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| Photo cred: Bo Rader, AP, USA Today, March 7, 2017 |
Farmers and ranchers have been battling wildfires in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and further.
Hundreds upon thousands of acres have been scorched. Cattle have been burnt and needed to be put down. People have lost their lives.
Under every photo and video on social media is at least one comment asking why main stream media isn't reporting this tragedy.
Why should they?
Farmers don't need the media to tell them what they've lost...
Farmers don't need reporters and curious people to come stand around, watching their livelihood goes up in flames...
The media doesn't need to witness farmers with tears in their eyes putting a gun to each of their animal's heads to put them out of their misery because they are burnt beyond help and it's the most humane thing to do...
Farmers don't need the media to tell them that their "neighbor" is in trouble...
The farming community is like no other.
Within hours farmers all knew what was happening to their friends, their families, their neighbors...
And help was on it's way.
Farmers loaded up fencing supplies and headed straight for the fires. They knew that farmers who still had cattle were going to need their fences fixed.
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| Photo cred: Johnny McMahan, Woodward News, March 14, 2017 |
Farmers and truckers loaded bales of hay; large convoys headed across the country from every direction.
Agriculture companies gave away products and ran fundraisers.
Farmers don't need the media to tell them when help is needed.
We know.
And we'll be there.
Because that's what we do.
We are farmers.
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