Idk, man... The few farmers I know work harder than anybody I have ever seen and are pretty self reliant. The way the government has rigged the system is more at fault than individual farmers are for the current way things are. I won't even get into the Monsanto stranglehold....
There's a growing movement in small farmers that are fighting the handouts and regulations that favor large corporate farms. Farm to consumer legal defense fund does a really good job with it
They'll never get any real play because they don't fit into the narrative. Their only hope is for John Mellencamp or Wille Nelson to get involved again....