wages question.

[freewheat]

48 weeks X 40 X $30=57600, if you net $100/ acre, you need 576 acres.
Times more men = times 576 ???
Seriously that would NOT pay!

And if you net negative numbers, I guess they have to pay you! Or give you some more land to farm, so you can make it up on volume...

[fjlip]

And if you net negative numbers, I guess they have to pay you! Or give you some more land to farm, so you can make it up on volume...

That is what it appears a lot of huge operations are trying, law of diminishing returns cut in.
There is a RIGHT size for every one of our individual abilities/situations.
I share half the profit/loss with partner, the WIFE!
Now that is not cheep labor.

[farmaholic]

Can you fire her if she screws up? Maybe she's the boss and your the hired hand. As long as everyone knows the pecking order things will run smoothly.