I retired five years ago from farming here in ND. The dream of a small farm is long gone. Profits here problably average 50 to 100 dollars an acre not counting equipment. Subtract about half of that for equipment. You have to have acreage to make a living.
I started late in life in the early 1990s. Lost money for the first 10 years. Wages from my wife and mine keep us out of bankruptcy. Farming here turned good when the rest of the country droughted out. We had good crops and price. Never bothered by the work but the financial stress gets a lot of them. Edk
