So he really knows what he's talking about when he gets into this. But I was looking at a set of statistics once and he was talking about an efficient industry. I mean, In 1941, almost one out of every five Americans, 19% lived on a farm or a ranch. Today it's less than 3%. And yet they're feeding a country that has three times as many people they're exporting all over the world. And, you know, we get food at a cheaper price as a percentage of our income than anybody else. (22:50–22:59)
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Asserts a decline in the percentage of Americans living on farms or ranches from 19% in 1941 to less than 3% today.
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