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“Losing Ground” Time to wake up!
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<blockquote data-quote="JMJ Farms" data-source="post: 1565057" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>Don't misunderstand my reply. I'm a friend of the farmer. But the majority of farmers in this area are far from broke. They are all riding around in $60-70k trucks with the biggest, prettiest green tractors sitting everywhere, and buying up all the land that they can. Wives have new vehicles, they live in houses that Wall Street would approve of, and more toys than one could possibly enjoy. And most of them work less hours than I do. I'm glad for them. But I've heard enough poor mouthing out of them to last a lifetime. One thing is for sure. The days of the little farmer, 2, 3, 400</p><p>acres, is over around here for now. The ones still farming are 1000-5000 acres. Again, that is here. In the Midwest, I've heard of farmers farming as much as 40k acres. They go broke bc there is no possible way to manage an operation that large for a sustained length of time. </p><p></p><p>By the way, I'm in favor of a reduction in competition. American Ag is very productive and there is a surplus of most commodities. A shortage would be worse. Need to find a happy median.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMJ Farms, post: 1565057, member: 24583"] Don’t misunderstand my reply. I’m a friend of the farmer. But the majority of farmers in this area are far from broke. They are all riding around in $60-70k trucks with the biggest, prettiest green tractors sitting everywhere, and buying up all the land that they can. Wives have new vehicles, they live in houses that Wall Street would approve of, and more toys than one could possibly enjoy. And most of them work less hours than I do. I’m glad for them. But I’ve heard enough poor mouthing out of them to last a lifetime. One thing is for sure. The days of the little farmer, 2, 3, 400 acres, is over around here for now. The ones still farming are 1000-5000 acres. Again, that is here. In the Midwest, I’ve heard of farmers farming as much as 40k acres. They go broke bc there is no possible way to manage an operation that large for a sustained length of time. By the way, I’m in favor of a reduction in competition. American Ag is very productive and there is a surplus of most commodities. A shortage would be worse. Need to find a happy median. [/QUOTE]
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