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7 comments:
Barns come and barns go. It's sort of tragic and an example of the times that if they're replaced, up goes a huge metal shed, not the classic architecture that the originals had. Sadly, it's all about cost of construction and maintenance. And so it goes...
Farming in it's true form is lost on Delmarva. Most "farmers" are turning to industrial farming for which they become nothing more than mere slaves to big companies and the mortgage lenders and most end up regretting it but are terrified to speak out for fear of losing their contracts.
I use to rent that barn before the owner sold the property. It was your classic barn with stalls on the ground level and hay storage up top with the doors to drop straw down to the stalls. It still had the hay fork and rail for stacking the hay when I was there. Also rented the building next to it. There also use to be the old smoke house there but I think the new owner tore it down. The new owner would not rent to us and we were doing repairs on the barn while there. It is a shame to see our local history go to the wayside for Mc Mansion estates!
Crop farmers have become land hoarders. Sadly, most of the ones in Somerset no longer care about their neighbors.
Anonymous said...
Crop farmers have become land hoarders. Sadly, most of the ones in Somerset no longer care about their neighbors.
April 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM
It's their property Lisa, so screw you. You knew you were buying a house in Ag country so get over it. The farmers have a right to farm, it's the law. They don't have to get your approval for anything. If you don't like it feel free to move.
With new zoning regulations in place it makes it hard or impossible for many farmers to sell off land for development, or for anything else that isn't straight agriculture. Their only options are to keep the land and use it or lease it, let it sit or sell it to someone who will farm it.
As you might imagine, agricultural land doesn't sell for the prices that acreage with development potential fetches. This could put a real dent in someone's retirement fund after all of their debts are paid.
11:33 Did you ever stop to consider that maybe the farmers "hoard" their land because it is the largest asset they have?A lot of their money is tied up in farming equipment.
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