midTN_Brangusman":3q8al369 said:I personally don't see how row crop farmers make anything. My neighbor farms about 5,000 acres I would say, has nearly every farm in the area rented. One reason why there isn't any pasture for lease. But he has millions in equipment. 4 or 5 new John Deere combines, tractors, etc. I know good equipment is a must in that line of work, but geez!
There's a company near the sale barn I ship cattle out of, and they are farming upwards of 35,000 acres in the surrounding area. If a farm comes up for rent over 100 acres whether it's pasture or row crop, they are gonna give what it takes to get it and turn it into crop ground. They have one place they run a couple thousand stocker calves on, but otherwise they pretty much exclusively row crop. Them and a couple other big farms are part of the reason there are so many less cows in the area.