Illinois farmer and ag commentator John Phipps had this article from The New Republic on his weblog this morning.
One of John’s major concerns is that dramatic changes in our travel will make it more difficult for ‘face-to-face’ decisions… for him primarily with respect to rental decisions on ag lands that have distant owners…and he is concerned that farmers are not ready for the degree of abstraction that would need to replace personal exchanges to make rental deals.
I repeat…we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Richard Pace 