What Kind of Landlord?

[FarmJunkie]

Either u deal with Walmart or the local corner store. Hard times bring reality back into the equation but when the Walmart guy has a bank in his corner it’s tough for the corner store to compete. Weather is the great equalizer and if it gets bad long enuf the big guys struggle more than the little guys. Attention to detail in the harder times helps the little guy.

[jazz]

I will make a pledge to give preferential treatment to any young guy who started farming like I did.

[jdg364]

We have some local BTOs (around 20,000ac) nearby who are still family ran (two brothers, a old man or boys). They are good growers and stewards of the area. We haven’t seen the 50,000 acre farms move in yet but they will come and it won’t be for the better.

The current “new” thing is satellite farms popping up where the main farm is down south somewhere and they are expanding by having a second farm further north to spread out their equipment costs.

[furrowtickler]

We have some local BTOs (around 20,000ac) nearby who are still family ran (two brothers, a old man or boys). They are good growers and stewards of the area. We haven’t seen the 50,000 acre farms move in yet but they will come and it won’t be for the better.

The current “new” thing is satellite farms popping up where the main farm is down south somewhere and they are expanding by having a second farm further north to spread out their equipment costs.

Much the same here , several very well run 20,000 family farms . They do there thing , but even they can’t hold off the 300,000 ac monster much longer

[Old Cowzilla]

Quite the choice farm half the country and own little of it or farm less and own your dirt but struggle to make payments and feed family. Wonder how many big or small struggle to find middle ground so to sleep at nights ?

[blackpowder]

I feel that looking forward, there will be little middle ground at $1M/ quarter. Land values may take decadal pauses/reversals, but economies of scale do not seem to stop.