Protesting agriculture becoming a professional sport

adly, it seems the fewer who farm, the louder the opposition against this noblest profession has become. As eloquently said by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his 1956 address at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.: “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” Critics are easy to find in this world. They are a dime a dozen and probably the one thing that remains constant throughout the history of time. Agriculture practices have always been an open arena for assessment, criticism and regulation.  We have the freedom to voice our opinion and honestly, I am thankful for those who fought for that freedom, allowing us to speak freely. Healthy discussion with both sides of the argument presented can result in progressive results.  Nevertheless, I have to ask at what point in America’s history has it become quite the sport to protest agriculture. We have seemed to have turned a corner. New technologies, innovations and expansion are met with inflexibility and simple “NO”. After all, is it not easy to just say “NO” to change?