Land once cleared for agricultural use becomes abandoned in modern times for
agricultural use and reverts to forest.  Farmers on small farms cannot
compete or afford the mechanization that is required in order to operate on
small margins, or for that matter, pay a living wage to the hired hand.
Tragically, you will find that many farmers don't even qualify for social
security, because they have never shown a profit on their farms, and thus
never had any funds paid into the Social Security System.

Tom Perrin (who once wanted to be a farmer)

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> Am I to read this right.  The amount of Forest Land is increasing in NYS?
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> Jim Maguire
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