Small farms are producing less and facing money problems

Farm machinery is almost prohibitively expensive
https://farmandanimals.com/different-types-of-combine-harvester/#:~:text=It%20can%20be%20expensive%20to,be%20priced%20at%20around%20%24122%2C200.

At the price of fuel, seed, and fertilizer, plus the cost of machinery to replace, or fix, it is hard to keep ahead, without going into debt shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

Government regulations favor the large firms according to this article. Or another words corporate America strikes again. I live in a rural area have 180 acre farm directly across the road from me and I’ve had several conversations with that farmer about some of his overhead. I don’t see how he keeps it afloat. I have 20 acres of pasture and woods with a few horses. Equipment costs are painful…