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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 488173" data-attributes="member: 983">It could be in some areas.&nbsp; Where our farm is, there have been more retirements in the last 15 years due to kids not wanting to stay in the area than there were around CRP.&nbsp; The CRP program really helped float a lot of people in our area.&nbsp; Keep in mind this is low grade N SD farmland.&nbsp; The rates paid helped get some acres out and pay a few bills.&nbsp; Most of the farms are still there.&nbsp; The wave is coming though….lots of folks too old to keep going and kids gone.&nbsp; Nobody wants to live out there anymore.&nbsp; I agree the big operations don’t care about habitat, which I get. In my wife’s area, you can’t find a small farm anymore.&nbsp; Big transition there.&nbsp; And I don’t bitch about farmers. Tough business and making it work as a smaller operator is hard.&nbsp; You have to love wildlife to give up acres that feed the family and I don’t judge if they chose not too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 488173, member: 983"] It could be in some areas. Where our farm is, there have been more retirements in the last 15 years due to kids not wanting to stay in the area than there were around CRP. The CRP program really helped float a lot of people in our area. Keep in mind this is low grade N SD farmland. The rates paid helped get some acres out and pay a few bills. Most of the farms are still there. The wave is coming though….lots of folks too old to keep going and kids gone. Nobody wants to live out there anymore. I agree the big operations don’t care about habitat, which I get. In my wife’s area, you can’t find a small farm anymore. Big transition there. And I don’t bitch about farmers. Tough business and making it work as a smaller operator is hard. You have to love wildlife to give up acres that feed the family and I don’t judge if they chose not too. [/QUOTE]

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