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[Richard5]

You guys saying 2-3000 ac is the most efficient size in Saskatchewan are delusional​.

I would agree with saskfarmer, 10,000 would be about right. 2 60ft drills 3 combines and one big sprayer. Can always bring in some custom to help out with spraying or harvest. No reason a 10,000 ac farm can't make as much or probably more per ac than a 2000 ac farm. Are there 10k ac farms that make nothing? Yes! And there are lots of smaller ones that make nothing too.

Just to clarify, I didn't intend to mean that some farms at that size are not doing well. I personally feel many are unable to manage when numbers get big, credit is easily granted and the process can't be managed properly because of many influential things.

Its personal preference. If you earn $125 per acre on 10,000 acres its a big profit. If you earn the same on 2500 acres is relevant. Its up the each farmer to determine what do you actually want out of your business - a good living with some growth or a good living with a whole pile of profits or losses!

[bgmb]

Just to clarify, I didn't intend to mean that some farms at that size are not doing well. I personally feel many are unable to manage when numbers get big, credit is easily granted and the process can't be managed properly because of many influential things.

Its personal preference. If you earn $125 per acre on 10,000 acres its a big profit. If you earn the same on 2500 acres is relevant. Its up the each farmer to determine what do you actually want out of your business - a good living with some growth or a good living with a whole pile of profits or losses!

Yes that is key, be doing a very good job of what you have before you get more. Getting bigger doesn't make an unprofitable farm profitable.

[Partners]

Farm size doesn't matter much..it's the amount of yrs you farm..
Even the small guys are wealthy at a older age..