I think one thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is this "I know plenty of farmers around here were always going in the red since pretty much after WWII until probably the mid-80s. Rough stuff. Then everybody started to rent their land and bail on being small time farmers. " compliments of Mr. Herring. Small farms didn't start going outta biz in the 80's. They have been going out for about a 100 years. Mechanization and economies of scale pushed the little guys out. There were a lot of 40 cow daries around here, now only a few bigger ones left. Some of the newer ones have 2K cows or more. Millions invested. "Get big or get out" has been the mantra for a long time. And btw, I don't ever recall a "right to be a full time farmer" being a law. If you can, good for you. But it has never been easy.
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