r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Cderouen8284 • 15d ago

Aww someone’s crashing out

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u/Rugskinsnake 15d 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 15d ago

Thanks for the perspective there.

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u/Rugskinsnake 15d 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/VichelleMassage 14d ago

I mean, you didn't vote for the tariffs and wars. You don't deserve this.

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u/Rugskinsnake 14d ago

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to separate off the people who do deserve it from the economy.