This dovetails with my own observations. Most of the people I’ve known with so called farms, ranches and orchards are really people trying to grow just enough to get the agricultural property tax rate.

About 2/3 of US farms make less than $10K a year, gross. That’s TINY.You can grow that much veggies in most front yards. That’s ~15-20 acres of corn. Average farm is ~250 acres.Again: most US farms aren’t even trying to make income. https://t.co/TxgRRAqZ5H

— Dr Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww) February 14, 2020