Yes Bob, i saw a PBS special on Lancaster county (PA) -- which has some of the richest best farm land in the world-- and this farm land is being turned into suburban housing .. and then the new residents complain about the farms- the cow manure smells, the tractors are two slow (when they travel on by roads) They complain about the dust, and the trucks, etc. But amish farms find when they relocate to Iowa, they need 2 to 3 times the acrage to have the same yield they did in Lancaster. --
I not sure that farmers complain any more than anyone one else.. and i sometimes think casino gambling might be a safer bet-- at least you know the house take--with mother nature.. there is no limit to the risk.. and should every one else fail, and you succeed in bringing in a crop-- the city folks get up in arms about "windfall profits" and accuse the farmerss of being unreasonable to charge what the market will bear..
the more things change, the more they remain the same...
