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[Muskrat24]

What's average size?

In NW Mo, I'd guess average size would be 5000a? ....That would be $900/a to plant beans....... in 2012....

I know of some farmers in NW Mo cut back on acres last year and this year, while some are still looking to buy ground... had a big land owner/operator ask me last week if I wanted to sell a farm...

It's a K shaped economy in farming too it seems.

Yeah that would have been a top 10% producer in 2012 to have that size of operating needs and soybean inputs in 2012 were not $900/ac unless way out of line cash rents. 5000 acres in NW MO is well above average. There are still a lot of under 1000 acre producers.