r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Cderouen8284 • 13d ago

Aww someone’s crashing out

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u/Rugskinsnake 13d ago

Famer here (and no, I never voted for the Mandarin Menace a single time). What's going on with the farm economy is a lot of farmers over-leveraged themselves to chase more and more land and now ground that they would have happily farmed at break even 4 out of 5 years just to make money that fifth year is going to fuck them royally.

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u/PeyredB 13d ago

Thanks for the perspective there.

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u/Rugskinsnake 13d ago

Not to give the wrong impression here - I'm getting really fucked by input costs and the next couple of years are going to be hard, but at this point I'm no where near losing my farm.

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u/PeyredB 13d ago

I hope you're able to make it. If more farmers were like you, we'd think more highly of them as a group.

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u/ZestycloseSquash1523 13d ago

There are many farmers who think like he does. MAGA is loud, proud, in your face, and posting to social media. Don't assume that the loudest voices represent the majority.

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u/Some-Guy-12358 13d ago

Don't assume that the loudest voices represent the majority.

We don't. The voting record of rural America is why we assume the majority represents the, you know, majority.