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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnr" data-source="post: 429557" data-attributes="member: 395">I need to buy a farm, anyone have $10,000,000 to get me started with a few acres and some equipment.Don't kid yourself, you are born into farming, or somehow granted some way in. One doesn't just decide to be a farmer, and it happens. The suicide rate on the farm is about the highest in any profession too, as even with the tax exemptions, and subsidies, the failure rate is pretty high, and losing a farm that has been generational is a burden most guys cannot carry. Farmers getting these special incentives is meant to help us all. Try not having a grocery store and the men that sell the product to keep the shelves full. 95% of Americans would starve this day and age without it. As with any government subsidy, it will sometimes give advantages to some, and look bullshittery, but that is life. Plenty of friends in the industry, they have nice properties, second and third homes, and seem to work 6 months of the year. I am envious, but happy for them. I have friends in the industry that work 365, never buy new, never vacation, and barely make the operating loan payments. I am glad for my non farm life then. Its with any occupation, but agree, no one subsidizes my 30+ years of being a salesman, some years I earn way more, some years a subsidy would be neat.</blockquote>