| ▲ | pfdietz 4 days ago | |||||||
A report on NY farms and farmland, covering the 2012-2022 period. https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/profile-of-agricult... It's interesting how little of NY state is farmland (21.6%). "When the extended family of the farmer is taken into consideration, 94.6 percent of New York farms are family-owned." | ||||||||
| ▲ | petcat 4 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
New York state has gone to great lengths over the last 40 years to highly incentivize (read: subsidize) local, family farmers and deter megacorp speculators and investors. At this point I think it's basically impossible to actually lose money on a farm as long as it's family/individual owner-operator. It's also why NY state cropland is among the most expensive in the country. Once you get it, the value will only ever go up regardless of crop yield in any given year. | ||||||||
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