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They're mandating contracts where farmers are forced to adopt practices with negative externalities just to keep their heads above water and meet their contract
by heavyset_go 4y ago
They're mandating contracts where farmers are forced to adopt practices with negative externalities just to keep their heads above water and meet their contractual obligations, and so they don't have to literally sell the farm.
- nverno 4y agoThis sounds like sharecropping or something. Why are farmers signing contracts like this?
- heavyset_go 4y agoLarge consolidated farms can outcompete them at scale and automation, so they either enter contracts with thin margins or they literally sell the farm, which will likely end up being part of yet another consolidated farm. Many farmers have gotten out of the game for that reason, so to answer your question, a lot of them got out of farming and whoever is left is taking the contracts.