- US farmers are turning down extraordinary offers for their farm ground based on the age-old idea of “family farms”.
- However, we also read countless stories about how US farmers are struggling, and that the next generation is not moving back to the farm, but looking for better paying jobs.
- Eventually, this farm ground will likely be sold to corporate farms, which could then be sold to the same data center developers bidding today, cutting the US farmer out of the equation.
I saw an article posted to LinkedIn, the social media site masquerading as a business forum, talking about how farmers across the US are turning down extraordinary monetary offers for their land from data center developers. A few examples cited in the post:
