This column originally ap­­peared in Fox News Opinion on FoxNews.com.

It all started with fog, my watch and a chicken on the brink of starvation nearly 50 years ago. This is when I realized that it was my duty to be an American farmer to grow food for our country and the rest of the world.

I served in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine back in the late ‘60s, and there’s one distinct mem­ory that’s etched in my...