[givemeethekeys]

People think of American farmers like they are some poor innocent country bumpkins, instead of what they really are - multi-generational business owners.

If there is a real deal to be had, they'll be first in line to accept it, regardless of what the spin doctors in the news want you to believe.

[bigstrat2003]

Farmers, like anyone else, are a diverse group of people you can't easily generalize. They are all business owners, sure, but only some are in it primarily for the money. Others feel that it's their responsibility to hang on to the farm passed down through the generations. Still others aren't on an ancestral farm, but love the job for its own sake and wouldn't give it up to build a datacenter no matter how much money they were offered. It just depends.