All depends on the area. Years ago there was an elevator and CO-OP both 8 miles east and west. JD dealer 8 miles east and a Ford dealer 8 miles west. Today just the one elevator. Here the face of farming changed with the "farm crisis" in the 80's. Almost everything here was small dairy, from 10 or so milk cows to about 40. 120-200 acres per farm on average. Lot of farmers to support the local stuff. Now we have guys farming 1000-1500 acres, 400 cow herds. Not good for the CO-OPs. All the folks that worked at all the other places had to find jobs elsewhere in bigger towns 25-35 miles away. That affected the other local businesses. They didn't open till after those folks left for work and by the time they got home the stores were closed and the streets rolled up. They never thought to change their hours to accommodate their customers. So they went broke too. Business can be a funny thing.
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