Agree. Lived through it and saw many family farms go away. Auctions were numerous and weekly events throughout the state. After we come out of the pandemic you are going to see the corporate farms snatch up these smaller ones and just get bigger. I have a couple of friends that would love to buy land and farm it themselves, but who can afford to purchase 500+ acres? They end up tenant farmers.
Bankruptcy and suicides are rampant in the farming industry due to family farms lost as “tariff fodder”. It will be the 80’s farm crisis on steroids.
Agree. Lived through it and saw many family farms go away. Auctions were numerous and weekly events throughout the state. After we come out of the pandemic you are going to see the corporate farms snatch up these smaller ones and just get bigger. I have a couple of friends that would love to buy land and farm it themselves, but who can afford to purchase 500+ acres? They end up tenant farmers.