"Ok, I am going to try to steer this thread into a positive discussion..................So..the question is what is a family farm?"

That's the start of another online riot right out of the chute. LOL

"Lets look at Tyson, or Smithfield. These companies make ILFF and the other dozen or so farms their size I work with look like small potatoes. Could it be that Mr. Rosentrater was thinking of the threat of that sort of consolidation when he wrote his statement?"

Wasn't it Smithfield who bought out Murphy Farms which was a family farm operation closing in on Mega size?  Comes back to what is a "family" farm.  These things used to just pxxx me off to no end.  As I get older and more stable in my agriculture endeavor, it just doesn't matter anymore.  I'll keep on keepin' on and learn what I can learn.  What "larger" farmers or corps do aren't going to stop me from doing what I like and how I want to do it.