r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/XennialPlotTwist • 2d ago

The oh-woe-is-me farmers are completely out of pocket

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The video attached, by #BlackbirdCoop aka FarmingWhileBiege breaks down the side of the farming industry that they don't want you to know. While there may be some mom and pop farmers, who are struggling, those farmers are few and far between.

Again, all credit to @BlackbirdCoop

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u/Eattherich187 1d ago

I live in a rural area where they grow rice. I drive by several farms every day. Every one of them has money. I see mercedes, several new lifted trucks, a giant 5th wheel or motorhome, one guy has a 130k wakeboard boat. They aren't hurting at all and most have trump flags.

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u/siazdghw 1d ago

Commercial farms print money.

It's the small hobbyist farms that actually lose money, but those hobbyist farms are secondary sources of income for most of them and it's impossible to know if the reason the person is farming is for tax benefits, personal reasons, or if they are actually trying to grow a business.