E552 - National Farmers Day Tribute

Today — Oct. 12 — is National Farmers Day, so I’m yelling out to anyone who’s wrestled a tractor or basically puts a year’s work in the ground and prays the weather, markets, bugs and politics behave. I run through how farmers are simultaneously a mechanic, a vet, an accountant, a meteorologist, a logistics manager and, apparently, professional gamblers — because yeah, you plant and then hope. This time of year it’s perfect to notice them: combines are rolling, harvest is full-on, and these folks are working before sunrise and long after dark while we whine about DoorDash taking 45 minutes. I rem...