cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35684522
Despite his support for Trump, Ragland has become increasingly vocal about the need for immediate trade resolution. “We desperately need to get something rectified quickly with China, our biggest export customer,” he told CNN. “We wanna encourage the administration to get a proactive trade deal done.”
“Small” farmers own millions in land and equipment. Mom and Pop farmers are essentially a myth at this point.
Incorrect, the banks own millions in land and equipment…
Most smaller farms are mortgaged out their asses.
Source: close friends with a family that owns a farm…
Listen, there are two ways things can be. A diverse set of farms with less than 100 acres total each, or entire regions of millions of acres dominated singularly by massive corporations.
Small farmers exist, and mom and pop farmers are very real, even if it is inherently quite exclusive.