Any farmers or growers here?

[aikoaiko]

2. Good luck. I married into a family of farmers and I learned an appreciation for those complexities

I've come to understand that the small, independent farmer is a small business operation with the most volatile markets and crazy unpredictable external threats.

My kin are very successful but they diversified and grow everything from cotton, pecans, corn, peanuts, soy, and depending on the markets some occasional exotic, trendy items. Part of their strategy is to follow the trends and market predictions, but everyone else is too so they also plant things contrary to what everyone else is doing to capture smaller niche markets.