Last month we decided to point our car in the direction of Skyline Drive, and these bucolic rural scenes were on the way.
There was also a lot of farmland.
According to a website I found at this link:
There are 43,225 farms in Virginia.
The typical Virginia farmer is 58.5 years old.
The average farm size is 181 acres.
Farms cover 7.8 million acres.
Approximately 36 percent of Virginia's primary farm operators are female.
Less than 15 cents of every consumer dollar spent on food actually goes to the farmer.
The website sources are from the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture, 2016 survey data from National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the Economic Reserarch Service (ERS).
This is where we live!
ReplyDeleteYou live in a gorgeous area Ginny :)
DeleteThe amount of money that the farmers receive is horrifying. I suspect that the same is true here. Which is sad and bad.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sue :) and I do so agree.
DeleteSame here in Germany, farmers profit the least...beautiful rural scenes, Denise, thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie and you are very welcome :) I expect this is the case the world over.
DeleteYes no farmers no food. They have a hard job and are very much reliant on the weather. Lovely photographs of the farmland
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret :) and regarding our farmers, very true.
DeleteIt's sad the farmers do the work and profit so little. Love seeing the silhouetted silos.
ReplyDeleteHi Anni and thank you :) Those silos beg to be photographed. Very true regarding your comment on the farmers.
DeleteBeautiful farm land. That is unbelievably sad how little a farmer gets for his hard work.
ReplyDeleteI agree Ann, it's not right is it? Thank you :)
DeleteGostei de ver estas fotos.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Fico muito feliz que tenha gostado das minhas fotos. Obrigado :) Um abraço e continuação de boa semana.
DeleteBeautiful views from your drive. Take care, have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteThank you Eileen :) You take care and have a happy week also.
DeleteThis is inspiring. Nothing like a nice drive!
ReplyDelete(ツ) from Jenn Jilks , ON, Canada!
Thank you Jenn and I couldn't agree more, nothing like a nice drive :)
Deletethe photos are so peaceful and beautiful. I dread the fact that farms are falling by the wayside these days. and am so sorry they have to struggle to grow our badly needed food. My cousins here are all farmers, but not for local produce, they sell tomatoes to Huntey and Potatoes to the chip people, they are helping feed the USA and around the road. it is a struggle because of drought and heat and climate changes. not as profitable as it was for their dad, grand and great grands
ReplyDeleteHi Sandra and thank you :) Thank you cousins for me too. The weather plays a major part in their lives, that's for sure and we owe them so much. There will never be enough thank you's for all they do to keep food on our tables.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Christine :)
DeleteHow can these farmers support themselves with so little money? Gigi Hawaii
ReplyDeleteThank you Gigi :) it is mind boggling for all the long hours, tiring and backbreaking work they do.
DeleteLovely views from your drive.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy these last days of June.
All the best Jan
Hard to believe we will soon be in July :) Thank you Jan and you enjoy yours also. All the best!
DeleteLovely countryside.
ReplyDeleteThank you William, I have always been very fond of the Virginia countryside :)
DeleteGoodness they are small farms but they must be productive to earn a living from..nice captures Denise.
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret, that must be so :)
DeleteBeautiful scenes! Enjoy the rest of the week!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. You too :)
DeleteWe watch a television programme called Countryfile. It gives a lot of information about the life of farmers in different UK regions. Farming life all over the world has been and continues to be hard work in an effort to produce food. We're very grateful to the farming communities especially in their efforts to keep up with all the government regulations that are needed in these challenging time. We try to remember this when we enjoy our drives in the countryside. Beautiful photos and quotes that are very true Denise.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda and the program sounds very interesting :) I couldn’t agree with you more.
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