This July 4th Weekend I find myself humbled after several storms severely damaged my small corn crop in my small garden. I never realized how much damage a storm can do overnight to my eight stalks of corn much less the damage that is caused to hundreds of acres on America's farms and ranches.
It was so exciting watching my corn grow from a seedling into the different stages of growth. My garden gets sun all day and we have had a lot of rain so they were doing very well. Some things are out of our control and weather is one of those unfortunately.
Trees toppled over my corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers where they were almost ripped out from their roots. Devastated and in quite a rage I then had to stop and laugh at myself thinking about farmers that deal with acres not square feet!
Drought, flooding, hurricanes and tornadoes can cause severe damage to farms and ranches as well as livestock. Now I know how much farmers are at the mercy of mother nature and gives me a real personal experience where I can relate to a real farmer! I managed to keep everything propped up and hope for the best!
After years of dedicating my career to working for AFBF I have another reason to be #FBProud!
God Bless America and Happy 4th of July my friends!
