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>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
by 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.