I work just shy of 500 acres, for what it's worth. While that may still be a hobby, you're off by a couple of orders of magnitude. Still not a career, perhaps,

I work just shy of 500 acres, for what it's worth. While that may still be a hobby, you're off by a couple of orders of magnitude. Still not a career, perhaps, but that's kind of the point here. I could easily handle thousands of acres if it were my career. However, obtaining thousands of acres to work is effectively impossible. Every other farmer is also desperately trying to get their hands on those acres. If we want farming to be a viable, full-time career for people then we need far fewer people involved in the industry, not more.