Posted by ss55 on October 02, 2018 at 08:16:00 from (63.147.218.40):
In Reply to: The Future Of Farming posted by vicinalvictor on October 01, 2018 at 06:22:47:
IMHO, the current trends will all continue and get stronger. The majority of production will continue to come from increasingly larger and larger corporate farms. Some of those will will go out of business from time to time, but most of those will be replaced by even larger operations rather than being split up into 20 to 50 small farms of a generation or two ago.
The high price of farmland will likely shift land ownership away from retired farmers and widows to investor groups and wealthy individuals.
Rural living will continue to be popular amount the people who can afford to buy small acreages and small plots of farmland, but most of those will need one or two off farm jobs to support a family and and support the small farm too. In areas with strong industries and good wages, the larger farms may sell off strips of small acreages along the roads for top dollar while continuing to farm the interior of the sections.
The sad part is too many rural areas don't have much industry besides agriculture. Low wages and restricted property tax revenues will continue to slowly strangle those areas. As schools and public services decline or fall behind other areas, people will move away leaving "counties in distress" and small towns that slowly become desperate rural ghettos.
I sincerely hope all this will never happen, but I don't see much that could reverse those trends.
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