Talk:Mize, Kentucky

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Mize also has an unofficial mayor named Jerry Jackson Jr.(D)whose family has held the post of mayor along with the Oldfield's ever since Mize was founded in 1873 and the majority of those who live in Mize have an agrarian lifestyle and the main industries are the Oldfield's store (aka J.A. Oldfield and Son) and numerous family farms within the area. The main agricultural products are cattle, hay, and some tobacco is still grown in the area but not to the extent that it once was. This is because ever since the tobacco buyout under Sen. Mitch McConnel (R of KY) more or less forced farmers to take the buyout or keep growing the crop, and end up spending more than you make. This as a result has forced many in the area (and Eastern Kentucky in general) who have small, family farms to get out of the farming business because they have no alternative crop to grow, because the tobacco buyout forced out the small farmers and gave them nothing to depend on as a way of replacing tobacco. This has been furthered by no help from the state government who has done little or nothing of helping small farmers replace tobacco and this has only furthered many farmers into giving up their life-long practice. But, in Mize, some have found a new way of doing farming by raising cattle for beef and growing hay to support the cattle and other livestock in the region.