A farming student who attended an agricultural school in the 90s recently shared a story of revenge and how he learned never to cross someone who has nothing to lose.
The student lived in an area surrounded by several large farms. They grew cotton primarily. So during the year, and as part of their studies, students would spend time in the field, plowing, planting, and harvesting.
One of the farms near the school was a 1000-acre spread that mainly grew cotton. The farmer leased this property from some out-of-state owner and would pay them a portion of the revenue from the harvest. Cotton is one of the few crops which leave a negative nutrient value in the soil. This means that once harvested, without further treatment of the soil, the next crop wouldn’t produce the same yield.
The farm had a long partnership with the school, so the students provided free labor for the farmer.
When the student and other classmates arrived at the farm to do some work experience, the farmer instructed some of them to spray herbicide on the fields.
Others drove the tractors to plow up the land. The farmer wanted every square inch of the fields returned to just dirt.
The students were shocked because their actions would turn the land baron, which seemed odd, but they did as instructed.
It took them the better part of a weekend to complete the work, but the fields looked beautiful when finished.
The farmer thanked them and paid each student $500, which was generous in the 90s, especially as they were only high school students.
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About 2 to 3 months later, rumors began to spread about the farmer the students had cleared land for.
It turned out that the landowner had decided not to renew the farmer’s lease, which was due to expire a few weeks before the start of the harvest season.
The landowner had essentially tried to double-cross the farmer, knowing how valuable the harvest would be. Back then, a 1000-acre farm would easily turn over $1.5 million, and about $500k of that would be net profit.
Seeing as the farmer had no choice but to leave, he had instructed the students to destroy the crops, meaning zero profit for the landowner.
Of course, the leaseholder tried to sue the farmer and took him to court. However, as the farmer destroyed the crops while still under the lease, the court ruled in his favor.
What do you think? Did the farmer do the right thing?
You can read the full story on Reddit here
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