194 Quotes About Farming

I get superstitious in late summer.

A type of humility marks a real farmer. Those of us who battle nature all year must ultimately accept the had we're dealt.

We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.

Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.

He was born to be a farmer. It was something that he was good at, something he knew well. He was a giver of life, an alchemist that worked in dirt, seed, and manure.

As my daddy said, soil is the basis of everything.

O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint, agricolas

...responsible, stylish, adventuresome, sometimes silly, comfortable, and difficult subsistence. That's what milking the cow's all about!

She allowed herself the luxury of a good cry, figuring that her tears were mingling with the downpour to soak into the soil. It was relief. It was joy. It was the knowledge that she had overcome, and it spilled out with her tears onto the ground that she had toiled with, to become a part of the crop she had planted with her own hands. It had sought to defeat her, and she had prevailed. Now, she was permanently a part of it.