Local farmers objected to the economic exploitation of the Canyon on two levels.
They knew the farmers would not object to a settlement that successfully passed along the added cost to the public.
When farmers objected, the President warned that he might take the land without any compensation.
"That doesn't sound like the sort of person a farmer should object to."
Then, his farmers objected when he wanted to cut the first grapes and let them rot on the ground to improve the soil.
Local farmers objected to their farms being bisected into triangular pieces, and resulting litigation delayed I-35 for several years.
Landowners and farmers in the Highlands also object to much of the Forest Service's plan.
Neighboring farmers objected, due to the significant impact they anticipated such a change would bring to their community.
Bugs might not be large enough to see, but monkeys were, and so few farmers objected when the trappers came.
The farmers will not object if you glean from them.