Our area is probably like most in that you can't buy land and pay for it with ag, too many recreational buyers bidding up prices. Inflation also hasn't really kept up with commodity prices, I was cleaning out some stuff a couple months ago and found receipts where my great grandfather sold his cotton off the same place back in the 20s. Ran the numbers through an inflation calculator and it was something like 10 times the price of cotton now days.
I don't think either boy will be able to make a living off the place, and really no one in the family hasn't had outside work for probably 40 years, but it turns a little bit of profit most years so should be ok as long as they don't start thinking what else they could buy with the money or figure out they could earn a higher return with a savings account.
