I don't think you are giving farmers enough credit. You are assuming they are sitting in front of the TV waiting for someone to solve their problems and that they are, overall, bad businessman and poor managers. This is not my experience. I am a CPA with decades of experience. This year is my 30th year in private practice and I worked for others before that. I sold my first bale of hay almost 20 years ago. I have grown corn and soy. I have run the numbers on a lot of different crops and weighed the pros and cons. I have yet to come up with a crop that is going to work with my existing tools and make me more profitable. Existing tools??? Oh yes, retooling is sometimes required when changing product lines in a business. So switching from grain to beets or hops or whatever crop of the month is can be very risky and expensive. Many cannot afford to take the chance. Livestock? Big investment in infrastructure but now you are making money on what grain you grow through savings in feed cost. And I would imagine there are more than a few guys out there who will tell you that livestock is no road to riches either. It is not as easy as you would like to make it. Yes...corn will go up again some day and I will take a bushel to the elevator and come back with $3 more than I put into it. Then on the way home I will stop and fill the truck with gas that is twice what it costs today and head to the grocery and buy food that is three times what it cost today then head home with the realization that I am worse off than I was...today. My 2/100th of a buck. :)
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