Is it true that most grain farmers are tenant farmers now and their land is owned by big corporations?

Question

I know there are big ag corporations, but I thought they just owned large swaths of land they had employees work rather than having sharecroppers.

Answer 1

Here in Michigan, corporations rent from farmers or own their own land, and the little farmers rent from other farmers.  I own a duck farm, and rent out some acreage for a local farmer to plant.  He rents from at least ten people in the area.

Near my dad up north, a big corporation rents land from some locals (saves the corporation the bother of land tax).

Answer 2

In Kentucky, there is a big corporation that actually has its own land and has workers to farm it, but no, most land is not owned by larg corps. Farming in America today is going towards the big independent farmers who have lots of land and are able to gain more.  Small farmers are becoming less and less whether the reason is that they cannot support themselves or family with the ammount of land they have or that their children do not want to continue farming the land themselves.

Answer 3

Not in South Dakota, where corporations can NOT own farmland.

Answer 4

From as far as I know its almost the reverse, a lot of people own the land and then rent it out to corp. or other farmers.  Families pass the land down and the kids don't want to farm it so they rent it out to other people to farm.  Thats what my family does with the farm, for the last 50 years almost.

Answer 5

yes, i agree with you. b'coz big corporate think big but small farmer can't.and the most important resaon is that they can't bear risk (water,weather) but big carporate can.