31. In areas near the German border, farmers now need to obtain official permission before transporting livestock. 32. In lieu of the large family that local priest Maurice Chevalier says any farmer needs at harvest time, he trains four chimps to be olive pickers. 33. Irrigation canals and roads must be repaired, and farmers desperately need seed and fertilizer. 34. Or joining a Community Supported Agriculture project, in which members pay for the seeds, materials and labor their farmer will need to supply them with fresh produce.. 35. Problem was, farmers needed their offspring in the fields more than learning how to take high tea with a little pinky raised. 36. Rookie farmers need to incorporate marketing, work second jobs and be really good at saving money. 37. Since bioengineered crops often require different management techniques, farmers need to know what they are planting, said Gary Barton, a spokesman for Monsanto. 38. Some experts argue that coca farmers need more incentives to grow alternative crops. 39. Still, pistachio farmers need a fair amount of startup capital since it takes so long to produce a marketable crop. 40. That means Kentucky farmers will need to grow less tobacco. |