“Never try to fool a room full of farmers. They’ve walked across enough cow pastures to recognize some things at a distance, and they’ll walk around it.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 17 (The Skeptical Farmer) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“My daddy was a farmer, and for over fifty years, he worked our farm with sweat and blood, . . . and watered it with tears.” ~ R.C. Frazier (from the poem, “My Daddy Was a Farmer”) Quoted in Chapter 19 (The Drought of 1980) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“Subsidies are like mother’s milk to a baby: wonderful to start and worrisome to stop.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 9 (The Ultimate Farm Subsidy Program) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“When you know more, you grow more.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 2 (Faith, Facts, and Fiction) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“Give farmers the tiniest bit of hope, and amazing things are possible.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 19 (The Drought of 1980) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“It’s one thing to NOT know you’re doing a no-no, and an entirely different thing to KNOW you’re doing a no-no.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 11 (Unintended Consequences) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“All of our ancestors have pin-balled their way through a game called history.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 16 (The Stoic Farmer) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.

“Subsidies are like mother’s milk to a baby: wonderful to start and worrisome to stop.” ~ R.C. Frazier Quoted in Chapter 9 (The Ultimate Farm Subsidy Program) of What I’ve Learned from 9,000 Years of Farming.