I’m relatively new to farming and another thing they fail to account for is the absolute value of experience.
It took us a good few years to get our land productive, and we are still on the case now. We are absolute rookies compared to the generational farmers in the area - we lap up every bit of advice from them.
The idea someone can just walk into a farm and make it productive is for the birds, it takes years to know every nook and cranny of your land, ten versions of all the four seasons to know all the issues that might occur….i could go on…but in the meantime, food production will be impacted
Its deranged