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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1791731" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Are we going to need to have a few wealthy "Yellowstone Dutton Ranch" investor individuals that finally buyout massively large tracts (with money derived from other sources...)... that are then philosophically determined to preserve the entire area for agriculture, and keep the development encroachment at bay? That too would drastically change the face of agriculture, even if this wealthy landowner would then "rent out" his land to his "surfs" who would then manage "their little piece" to make a living on it for their family... We'd end up with a "plantation owners" and their "share croppers" arrangement.</p><p></p><p>But now consider... what do we really already have going on? MUCH of the land that is being farmed by cash croppers is NOT owned by them... it's owned by absentee INVESTMENT landowners (owners that DON'T live on that particular piece of land and make their living directly from farming it), who then rent that land to the "sharecropper". That's not how it was in my area when I grew up. Very little land was rented at that time... This absentee investment landowner-renting operator inherently makes the farm operator more vulnerable... and more dependent. It places more emphasis/incentive on the perceived need to "get big or get out" mentality. It undermines the local interdependent fabric of the community.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what the "solution" might be... Looking forward to the thoughts of this insightful community!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1791731, member: 39018"] Are we going to need to have a few wealthy "Yellowstone Dutton Ranch" investor individuals that finally buyout massively large tracts (with money derived from other sources...)... that are then philosophically determined to preserve the entire area for agriculture, and keep the development encroachment at bay? That too would drastically change the face of agriculture, even if this wealthy landowner would then "rent out" his land to his "surfs" who would then manage "their little piece" to make a living on it for their family... We'd end up with a "plantation owners" and their "share croppers" arrangement. But now consider... what do we really already have going on? MUCH of the land that is being farmed by cash croppers is NOT owned by them... it's owned by absentee INVESTMENT landowners (owners that DON'T live on that particular piece of land and make their living directly from farming it), who then rent that land to the "sharecropper". That's not how it was in my area when I grew up. Very little land was rented at that time... This absentee investment landowner-renting operator inherently makes the farm operator more vulnerable... and more dependent. It places more emphasis/incentive on the perceived need to "get big or get out" mentality. It undermines the local interdependent fabric of the community. I don't know what the "solution" might be... Looking forward to the thoughts of this insightful community! [/QUOTE]
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