[TheNewsIsHere]

One of the major problems facing American agriculture is that there are fewer and fewer farmers/farming families.

Farming is extremely money and labor intensive and there’s a lot of upfront investment with a lot of long-tail return, and it’s not “sexy” the way (for example) AI is, so there’s not a bottomless pit of cash to shovel into the furnace for a quick buck turnaround.

Independent farmers tend to seriously rely on good weather and a lot of advantageous tax treatment.

Of course massive agri-business would very much love to continue to fill more and more of the void left by the shrinking independent farming population. That has its own problems.

[antisthenes]

It will swing back one day. Maybe in a few generations.

[kfajdsl]

Has there ever been a swing back to small, independent producers of anything after an industry has consolidated?

[antisthenes]

You're thinking too short-term if you're asking that question.

[tatersolid]

Beer brewing.