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Not exactly. In the US, subsidized crop insurance lowers the risk of low yields and provides a nice safety net.
by bequanna 4y ago
Not exactly.
In the US, subsidized crop insurance lowers the risk of low yields and provides a nice safety net.
- dylan604 4y agoYes, this is why so many small family farms are being sold out to corpFarm left, right, center.
- bequanna 4y agoI guess I’m not familiar with this. I live in northern midwestern farm country (corn/soybean fields) and can see some consolidation, but still almost all family farms.
- bluGill 4y agoThere are no family farms for accounting reasons. The family still lives on the farm and looks like a family farm, but the legal situation is all corporate farm.
- floren 4y agoPretty much all of those farms in your area started out as 160 acres. If you see any bigger, that's consolidation.