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If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.

John Maynard Keynes
Wise, Morning, Rain
"Will the real Keynes stand up, not this sad caricature?" by Will Hutton, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2008.
If farming were to be organised like the stock market, a farmer would sell his farm in the morning when it was raining, only to buy it back in the afternoon when the sun came out.