The Farmers and Ranchers Creed

I believe a man’s greatest possession is his dignity and that no calling bestows this more abundantly than farming and ranching.

I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building blocks of a person’s character.

I believe that farming and ranching, despite hardships and disappointments, is the most honest and honorable way a man can spend his days on this earth.

I believe farming and ranching nurtures the close family ties that make life rich in many ways that money can’t buy.

I believe my children are learning values that will last a lifetime and can be learned in no other way.

I believe farming and ranching provides education for life that no other occupation teaches so much about birth, growth, and maturity in such a variety of ways.

I believe many of the best things in life are indeed free: the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide-open spaces, the exhilarating sight of your land greening each spring.

I believe that true happiness comes from watching your crops ripen in the field, your cattle grazing peacefully, your children grow tall in the sun, and your whole family feel the pride that springs from their shared experience.

I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world than I am taking from it, an honor that does not come to all men.

I believe that my life will be measured ultimately by what I have done for my fellowman, and by this standard I fear no judgment.

I believe when a man grows old and sums up his days, he should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life he’s lived. “I believe in farming and ranching because it makes all this possible.
 

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