Land prices.

[AtTheMurph]

If I could rent land for $140/acre I'd move back home and farm. Our ground currently goes for $225-$275/acre.

You can do that in Wisconsin. I lease my land for about that price.

 

[DustyHWV]

On the south plains of Texas it goes for about $100 for irrigated but you’ll lose your rear growing cotton and peanuts, never mind Milo. And there’s not enough water for corn, even if it didn’t get to hot during pollination.

 

[birddude]

I hate it but I guess I'm glad it's them and not a developer or solar or something of that nature. I have farmed and ranched my whole life and now work in the AG sector as well. 25K per doesn't work I don't care where you are. I've sat here a moment and tried to find the words to describe the mess of situation we're in and I can't. I have a teenager that I thought one day might try to stay here and carry on but now days I don't know what to tell her. Some days selling out and holding the sand down on a beach somewhere instead of fighting the insanity sounds pretty good.

That's pretty well said and exactly how many of my friends feel. We are all pushing 70 now and they are just plain getting worn down.

 

[Weimdogman]

Most around here $250 to $350 for cash rent. Need a good CRP rate to compete with that.

CREP in S.Dak can match that so of course that pisses off local farmers who may lose ground.