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To: Tommaso who wrote (207348)11/30/2002 3:18:09 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Tommaso,

The truth in small grain, soy bean, etc. production is if the farmer has to pay for his land the economics are negative. The only farmers that are surviving today are the ones that are farming land owned by their parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Each one of these generations must have added land holdings over the last 100 years because the farmer must have large acreage to make a profit. For example in the Red River Valley in North Dakota during the 30's and 40's the average farm was 80 acres or less and now the farmer needs over 2000 acres. Most of the farmers in this area farm over 4000 acres. The tax structure for farming is favorable and the households can be self contained as they can raise and preserve their own produce and meat for food.
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