Farmers are a cog in the wheel
The farmer is the central cog in a system wherein all ancillary cogs profit because the central cog keeps turning. Seed and agrochemical companies, animal breeders, equipment dealers, crop insurance salesmen, and bankers on the front end, and food processors and manufacturers on the tail end – they all need the farmers' wheels to keep spinning in order to make money. These ancillary cogs fuel overproduction. The more corn a farmer plants, the more profit for the seed and agro
