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Re:How to Get into Farming with No Money (1980) by taneq on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:47PM (#20651183)
> Families who've owned properties for generations can't keep up with the mega-corp style of farming

You'll notice that families who've been cobblers for generations can't compete with Nike on price, either. Economies of scale and international wage arbitrage really matter.

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Re:How to Get into Farming with No Money (1980) by WalterBright on Friday August 09, 2019 @06:20AM (#20652924)
On a grand scale, it's the same with car companies. People have started car companies (Tucker, Bricklin, DeLorean, Tesla), but they usually underestimate by a factor of 3 or more how much money it really takes to do it.
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