When I started farming in the late '70's, most farmers around me considered you a BTO if you farmed 800 to 1000 acres. There were about 10 farmers, then, that fit that bill. The rest, about 150, worked from 40 to 700 with most around 300 acres. It was virtually impossible to rent or buy an acre of land anywhere in my area then. This lasted up into the '90's and by then most small time farmers were out. Today there are about 8 BTO's in the area, and NO small (less than 1500acres)farmers at all. Now the BTO's work from 3500 to 10,000 acres with some driving up to 100 miles away to farm rented land (usually a 1000+ acre block). In this part of the country, the way the system is set up now, no one could farm a 200 acre farm. The choices are either rent it out to a BTO or plant it in CRP. I'm just speaking for the area around me.
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