You should have no problem finding farmland close enough to you. Really, 50 miles wouldn't be that big a deal, harvest is the killer season, suspect you'd end up having that custom done until you get familiar with it all, get your feet under you a couple of years. Spraying for weeds or insects can be time sensitive, but again a coop in every town set up to do that for you, even watch the fields for you as they drive by them.
Finding affordable land might be difficult at this time, sheez! :)
25 miles would be no problem, 50 miles wouldn't be bad, more than an hour drive might want to consider what your future is, doable but the driving for years and years gets old, securing your stuff is hard if you don't visit it & make the place look active. You'd want a cabin or camper or corner of machine shed set up to stay over a weekend or days off if you got that far out, if you don't have a farmhouse with the place.
Head NW if you are thinking hay, you don't want to deal with the humidity & wet ground & pop up rains we get SW of you and try to put up good hay from a distance. :)
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