Do farmers ever actually work?

I have never seen a farmer at work. Seriously. Sure, I've seen them on TV, but never in real life.

I'm not suggesting that they don't work, just that I have never witnessed it.

What I'm really talking about is the farms along the interstate highways in the east. I am no intrepid voyager, but I've been up and down route 81 and the NY Thruway and east and west thru Pennsylvania seveal times. Travelling those roads, there are many farms. And I have yet to see anyone working the fields. Ever. Not in march. Not in May. Not in July or August or October. Ever.

I've seen a lot of idle tractors and tons of barns with no discernable activity. Sure, there is some livestock (mostly cows and horses), but no one tending them. Sometimes there are some rolls of hay. Where are all the farmers? Maybe the rolls of hay and the few cows and horses that we can see from the road are just decoys. Maybe all that land is owned by the government and are secret military facilities.

Sorry that this post wasn't too insightful or funny. It's been a rough day. But I haven't posted in a while, and I didn't want to lose my (one or two) reader(s).

It'll get better--I promise.

Happy New Year, all!!