“I did work for a guy that grew seed corn and seed beans and he had a good niche market, but he had very specialized machinery, he had very specialized facilities, and that’s profitable but… he had a lot of help, had a lot on his table, and I just don’t have the skill set...
It doesn't matter how many inputs they have to do or use to get that."- Less diver- sified farmer. Many participants argued that the ease of modern, industrial corn and soybean production was like pushing the "easy button", preventing farmers from considering alternatives: "Money is the ...