Snicker... and this is a "hobby farm." If I was real farmer (well, all my neighbors are ranchers; their primary "crop" is cattle). Some of them, like my friend Lyle, own 10,000 acres, and in some of his fields he grows grains to feed his super high-priced Angus herds. I buy his leftovers.
Those that don't grow supplementary crops, have it brought in by the truck load and stored in silos. I have a few bags of various items stacked around this place (out of the weather, of course). It is because I buy small quantities once a month that I have to do so much running around to get what I want at the most reasonable prices I can find. When I was a kid, I thought farming was a relatively cheap job that was just labor intensive. To be really successful at this, you (or your bank) has to invest hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Lyle just got a new tractor that costs 4-5 times what my entire property is worth. Half a million for one damn tractor? It runs via satellite links, and the tools it pulls cost 100-200 thousands each. And he has dozens of tractors and several semi trucks and... and his is a "family" business. Since coming here, I have learned a lot and gained a whole new respect for the American Farmer/Rancher. And those damn Commies in Washington DC want to get rid of cow because they fart? I wonder what they think is in their Big Macs and who had to grow it for them. This huge strip of land, north to south east of the Rockies to over past the Mississippi feeds this entire country and I have never once heard a city dweller tell them "thank you." <OK, rant off>
