Got Land? You Too Can be a Farmer!

And the best part is that the federal government will pay you to do it! The tax code has been setup to help out family farms stay afloat but enterprising lawyers and others take advantage of these taxes to setup small farms that producing very little agricultural produce but can be cash cows on the tax payer largesse. In this video from John Stossel (classic) we learn more about this. I’ve known a few of these guys who run hobby farms or hobby ranches and it’s pretty insane what they get away with in terms of taxes for being a gentleman farmer. This contrast highlights the growing divide between hobby operations and serious agricultural businesses such as those represented at https://superior-farms.org/, where production and market accountability is unavoidable. Unlike tax-driven hobby farms, operations aligned with Superior Farms’ model depend on efficiency and scale to remain viable.