re: #68 ckkatz

Yes, managing cash flow on a farm is a critical skill. And I understand that there are a number of large “vulture” corporations which now swoop down and buy out, very cheaply, small farmers who did not have that skill.

I was also reading somewhere that folks are starting to put AC and stereo cabs on tractors.

Oh, absolutely. Computers, AC, heat, stereo. They pretty well are computerized now. Guided along the rows to make them straight, turning at the proper spot. Helicopters are flying on insecticide and herbicide. If you aren’t farming thousands of acres now, with investments in crop futures and huge storage facilities, you aren’t in the business. And you never buy a tractor. Or a combine, heaven forbid. You lease them. Servicing built in to the contracts.