Posted by oldtanker on October 01, 2018 at 22:20:27 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: The Future Of Farming posted by vicinalvictor on October 01, 2018 at 06:22:47:
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I'm not saying they will die altogether. But they are going to slowly die off. And I keep pointing out the same things. Most who are interested who have to start out with nothing start looking at cost and back off of the potential debt. Kids who grow up and small farms judging by our area are about 20-80%. That's 20% are interested in farming and 80% want nothing to do with it. Of the 20% I bet only about 5% or less stay because there is no money to do anything with. Gotta both make a living but also have a life. And here at least we just are not seeing kids staying even on the bigger operations. The guy with 5 kids i mentioned? He farms nearly 1500 acres. Those kids are gone to the wind. Another guy I know who farms about 1000, 2 kids. The daughter has made a career in the US Army and his son is an airline pilot. This is what's going to kill off most small farms in the long run. Just cause you like farming doesn't mean your kid/kids will or even the grand kids.
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