Update on my sarcoma

[Ms. Toad]

17. My family used fewer chemicals than average,

Rotated crops, etc. But family farming isn't a place that has tons of time or money to do things right.

He was the first in the state to do controlled burning to control unwanted pasture greenery. He also tried goats to rid the pasture of noxious weeds, and replanted the pasture across from our house in native plants. After he retired (and had time to "play", he sectioned off the pasture land to rotate grazing (which forces the cattle to eat everything, not just the things they like best) - doubled the efficiency of that piece of pastureland.

But as a family farmer there's only so far you can go and survive. So sometimes it's not just money in politics, but the economic reality of life as a farmer.