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> In recent years, slightly more than half of farm households have had negative farm income and therefore rely on off-farm income to support their well-being
by floren 8y ago
> In recent years, slightly more than half of farm households have had negative farm income and therefore rely on off-farm income to support their well-being
- mdorazio 8y ago1) A huge number of farmers deliberately run their farms to try to show a net loss for tax reasons. 2) You're going to have to explain what off-farm jobs all these farmers have that provide them with 3-4x the median income in the places where they live, but somehow they have really rough lives because they own a farm.