The really big producers will survive. Right now, I'd discourage my kids from farming. Sometimes the lifestyle is nice, but the risk and the financial stress . . . It's hard to say. Things might turn around.
Farmers are the most ready to adapt, to sort through options and to figure things out.
In the future, corn and soybeans may become perennials, and a few pounds of alfalfa seed maybe enough to plant an acre of ground rather than the 15 to 20 pounds needed now, Heitz said. We're getting better all the time. One thing puzzles Heitz, however. People in the world still go hungry even though new technology is coming in so fast it's almost a blur in his vision.