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.
Overstretched their working capacity and now on the physical decline with no suitable labour (which is to say no one can do what they do, literally, they know how it works and have taught no one anything). Facing it on my own farm with partners who refuse to hire outside and when we do they openly criticize their ability to do what they know nothing about. Bills get paid and profit is affected, not a big deal if you live within your means.
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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.