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What a stupid process. It bothers me that farmers rarely own the land too. We can't shake our tendency to let wealth turn us into tiny little kings that live of
by jvanderbot 11mo ago
What a stupid process. It bothers me that farmers rarely own the land too. We can't shake our tendency to let wealth turn us into tiny little kings that live off the rent. (not so tiny in the case of farms, but you get it).
- Isamu 11mo ago>It bothers me that farmers rarely own the land too You will be glad to learn that most farmland is farmer owned: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-value-tenure/farmland-ownership-and-tenure https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-v...
- jvanderbot 11mo agoI am glad to hear that. Thank you for correcting me.
- NoGravitas 11mo agoThis depends a fair bit on how you define "farmer", of course.
- Isamu 11mo agoIf you raise crops or farm animals, you are a farmer. The USDA is not trying to pull a fast one with the definition of a farmer. We could have a discussion about farmers that have other jobs and so are part time farming and part time something else. That tends to correlate with less intensive farming like corn and soybeans.
- NoGravitas 11mo agoIs a massive agribusiness conglomerate a farmer? Most farmland in the US is "owner operated". But really, that just means it's not rented out by a non-operator landlord, which is the distinction that USDA article makes.
- dzhiurgis 11mo agoMedallion is an artificial scarcity. Land is actually scarce.
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