| ▲ | jiggawatts an hour ago | |
The average is pulled up a lot by huge cattle ranches, crop farms are much smaller. | ||
| ▲ | bryanlarsen an hour ago | parent [-] | |
No they're not. > A survey of farm practices with 1312 grain producers found that in 2011, the average farm size was 3810 ha (a little less than 10,000 acres) https://www.yieldgap.org/australia 1000 acres i too small to be economic as a wheat producer in Saskatchewan, Canada. I suspect it's the same in Australia. Definitely cannot support multi-million dollar tractors or combine harvesters. The rule of thumb in Saskatchewan is about 10,000 acres per employee. There are lots of farms with less than 10,000 acres, but they generally don't have employees. | ||