indeed about 4 years ago, the average US farmer

回答: avg return on farm ground $100/acre per year...jy1012011-08-13 12:32:12

made about $10,000 per year. However, this is after the loan payment. Their net worth is the land, which usually over 1M when they retire.

4-5 years ago, the congress pushed for corn ethanol, the income increased to $30,000 per year. Now the ehtanol busted. But the food price will rise.

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farming is a big corp biz now days... -jy101- 给 jy101 发送悄悄话 jy101 的博客首页 (234 bytes) () 08/13/2011 postreply 13:14:44

Bochoy, Chinese leek, bamboo shoot...much more -xyz2001- 给 xyz2001 发送悄悄话 (105 bytes) () 08/13/2011 postreply 19:55:46

this is too optimistic. Is IL a good place for these? -sweetptt- 给 sweetptt 发送悄悄话 sweetptt 的博客首页 (114 bytes) () 08/13/2011 postreply 20:16:50

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