George, some of the big, fancy farmers around here got in trouble years back.
Not Iowa 'fancy' but they had the new equipment, built nice heated shops and were paying top dollar for land.
Then they hit a couple rough years.
Got their loans written off/reduced and still managed to keep everything.
Tough to compete against guys that are willing to go that far just to get ahead.
Same guys play the 'farm game' and have figured out how maximize everything regarding payments.
I believe in crop insurance if you have a legitimate disaster but some of the payments are lame.
Of course we run cows on public land and a lot of people don't like that. And right now the grass seems like a good deal but it wasn't always this way.
