That's the approach you have to take, we are bleeding land quickly. At the end of the day we just take care of what we have and pay till it hurts. But when the asking price is the life of our farm we draw the line. In time they will understand that if it is the natural resource they want we were their cheapest labor force and once again it will be the family size farmer. Unfortunately it is this generational group that gets screwed in the process, my solution is just to own what we can and change lifestyles to accommodate the hardship. Occasionally there are landowners smart enough to understand that, fertility, drainage and a respect for the land (think wind erosion) is valuable enough to keep a good farmer on the ground. More valuable than short term gain, I know its getting harder to find landowners that are that intelligent.