A Shot of AG
Larry Tombaugh's Advice for the Next Generation
Clip: Season 7 Episode 3 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Larry Tombaugh shares hard-earned advice for young farmers facing uncertain times.
Farming can bring stress, uncertainty and narrow margins. Larry Tombaugh reflects on lessons from decades in agriculture and encourages young farmers to enjoy each day, find people they can talk to and be willing to take chances without taking reckless ones. His advice comes from a lifetime of adapting through difficult times.
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A Shot of AG
Larry Tombaugh's Advice for the Next Generation
Clip: Season 7 Episode 3 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Farming can bring stress, uncertainty and narrow margins. Larry Tombaugh reflects on lessons from decades in agriculture and encourages young farmers to enjoy each day, find people they can talk to and be willing to take chances without taking reckless ones. His advice comes from a lifetime of adapting through difficult times.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipLarry, you are a pleasure to talk to.
You're a wealth of knowledge, and it's an amazing life that you lived, and the way that you talk about it and tell stories is a lot of fun.
Agriculture and farming can be very difficult.
It can be very stressful.
It can be.
You know, it can be all that.
But I look at you and I look at someone that has done all that and has seemed like he's enjoyed his life.
- You have to take every day, you know, enjoy it.
- Yeah.
- There's no guarantees.
- And don't let the hedges.
- Stop you, yeah.
- Don't let the hedges get in your way.
- But I think it's really important at this time because agriculture's going through the same thing we did in the 80's.
- I hope not.
- Well, I hope not too.
- Yeah.
- But it's gonna to be thin margins, high interest.
And for young people out there, I would really encourage them to just find somebody that you can talk to and not be afraid to take chances.
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