ORIGINAL: AJ52
MA Jay - How many,what percentage is your "many famers that make much more money". I would say from my experiance and the hundreds of farmers whom I've done business with your many is a very few indeed and far less than the 80/20 rule.The average farmer(the majority IMO)puts in twice the man hours,10 times the debt and risk factorsr(mother nature),no benifits or holidays to produce from there land what the average burbanite can make in one year with all the bennys attached.
..as a former farmer, I can't sell enough beef on my land, to equal the $$ that land would bring as developement...not in 10 lifetimes. Trouble is, when the small farms go, America will start being dependant on OTHER NATIONS for food, as the small farmer produces more than the BigBoyz, overall. Start looking @ where your fruit is coming from(as well as other food products,already!) South America!! Personally, I'm not sure it's wise to leave your food supply to a foreign nation...but that's exactly what's happening... 1 farm at a time.