I agree with Kate.   

 I have always been uncomfortable with and opposed  to the things published which paint   farmers as  doing what they do, and tolerating hardship  for the good of  all the consumers in the world.        

 I call BS.     

 In my view, there are two,... maybe  three...  main reasons we are what we are.... 

1. like everybody else on this earth, we need to generate  a living for ourselves and our families.

2. we love our occupation on the whole,..even if  at times we definitely hate segments of it. 

   " A farmer is what I am,  ........not just what I do  "

3.  MAYBE in many cases, it's all we know.

I have yet to see anybody choose to raise a commodity year after year    " because consumers desperately need this product,  so I will produce it , even though it is guaranteed  I will  do it at  personal financial loss..."