Thanksgiving

We had family together for Thanksgiving in Des Moines. I’m sure folks in other occupations have some of the same feelings, but farmers take special ownership of Thanksgiving. Not only is the food produced by farmers, sometimes folks we know, but the blessings of a good harvest hits home for Iowa farmers. We had an unbelievable year, with weather challenges and the market fluctuations. In the end, most of us get to do it again. We will forget some of the great things and some of the challenges, but will certainly be grateful for the good harvest for most folks. A bumper harvest was not universal for all Iowa farmers, as I visited with some last week in southern Iowa still harvesting their disappointing (and wet) yields. Maybe next year will be their year…