Max Armstrong shares insight from a recent column by Darren Frye that ran in Farm Futures that included a letter from a farmer and Frye's response. The farmer shared he was losing his enthusiasm for agriculture. Frye encourages the farmer to think about the bigger picture and thinking beyond simply working to boost the return on investment.

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