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We can't scale in my area for a "corporate farm" to be attractive (I am sure there is a metric), but we have to deal with the big suppliers at every turn.
One of the reasons I started leasing my land rather than share-cropping, machine hire, etc. is that it is difficult to stay ahead of the price curve at 70 acres for any piece of the farm cost center: seeds, fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, etc.
I do work with the local ag folks on soil and conservation plans, which we (including the leasee who has been working this place since I bought it 30 years ago) follow.
James, the old hippie who leases the farm, and I have been friends for a long time.
His family works about a 1000 acres total in Southern Maryland and he has one of the largest excavation companies in the area, which pays the freight.
Complete T-One line between us in age, attitude and humor.
There are a lot of moving parts in farming...it is not all corporate, at least here.
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