Odd thing happened today at my farm

[murielm99]

7. Interesting.

I do have to relate to you, if I have not done so before, an experience I had in a county north of here.

We don't farm our own land any more, we have someone do it for us. But we try to stay in tune with ag trends.

A few years ago, when everything in the world economy nearly collapsed (pre-bailout), wealthy types of people, like hedge-fund managers and investors from Chicago to Wall Street, came to that county. They tried to bully and pressure several fifth-generation daily farmers with whom I have some acquaintance. They wanted to buy their farms. In some cases, price was no object.

They were looking for something real and substantial in case their paper wealth evaporated overnight.