The younger ones say that, but when it comes down to it,most when reaching adult hood inherit the land and then sell it off, not wanting to continue with farming or ranching.You can grow 8 houses on an acre of land, but it takes 30-35 acres to run one cow/calf around here. Lot more instant money in that.
Just south of me where there were a few thousand acres tracks, I see 5000-8000 homes being put up as fast as they can build them and they sell the next day. Where I antelope hunt,those that inherited the land want 3-4 times what the person who was leasing the land for 30-40 years was paying..They can't get it, so they sell the land. An out of state buyer gets it for a tax write off, takes the land out of production and leases to anoutfitter that locks the land up
