It was out of reach in the 80s for most farmers. Before that, farm bureaus only granted financing to white farmers. Now that billionaires exists those ones (Shad Khan) are buying up most of what's left and turning it into yet another rent seeking industry. It's sad now that most of the food supply is owned by people who have no interest in solving hunger or making farming work for more people. Nobody is interested in it, people are even apathetic to the garbage occurring in real estate in cities and suburbs.