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My grandfather ran a farm. Small farming isn't profitable. Full stop. Farming scales up really well but not down.
by a2tech 11y ago
My grandfather ran a farm. Small farming isn't profitable. Full stop. Farming scales up really well but not down.
- greggarious 11y agoAnd if you can make back the costs of the equipment, own the land, and create enough food for your family, what value does money have?
- CountSessine 11y agoWas that something that the article author managed to do?
- TeMPOraL 11y agoParticipating in the rest of human civilization?
- rdancer 11y agoIt's good while it lasts, but being a subsistence farmer has its downsides. Once you get a few bad years in a row, or the government decides that farmers don't really matter so eff them, you will appreciate the profits you've put away during the fat years.
- Fomite 11y agoThe ability to occasionally do something besides farming? Send your kids to college?
- mitchty 11y agoI grew up on a farm/ranch. We had about 5000 acres of land, split 3/2 pasture/fields. Even that was barely break even with 14 hour days in the summers. Equipment upkeep and maintenance is the worst.