1.   In addition to such high and non-liquid capital assets the investment requirements of modern commercial farming are considerable.

2.   One May doubt whether modern farming has any useful purpose nowadays when everybody is on a diet.

3.   As a Texas patriarch, Bezner rigorously sticks to the principle that economy of scale is the only way to survive in modern farming.

4.   For one thing, modern farming is an energy-intensive business, and still more energy is needed to convert corn into ethanol.

5.   Many families, deep in debt for everything from farm equipment to the large tracts of land necessary for modern farming, are clearly struggling.

6.   Modern farming takes more than sweat and a pitchfork.

7.   Modern farming and meat production rely on just a few varieties and breeds, and the old ones are fading away.

8.   Modern precision farming allows farmers to work more efficiently, while obtaining increased yields from their crops.

9.   Old wood barns also will not hold the huge combines, tractors and other over-sized equipment that have become mainstays of modern farming.

10.   The Mfengu would use the rental income to build a modest new town to live in while some learn modern dairy farming.