[central_va]

As for "Farmers across America...", I'm in North Dakota, and I don't exactly see a stampede to farm 10-15 sections (square miles ~640 acres each) of wheat with oxen.

Corporate farms will always be mechanized. I don't think this is the topic here.

[Smokin' Joe]

As incredible as it may sound (I grew up in the tidewater, where 10 acres of tobacco was considered a farm), these are family farms, here.

The only reason some of these family farms are incorporated is to keep the government from siezing a huge chunk of the farm for death taxes.

The equipment required to farm wheat on this scale costs over a million dollars by itself. Profit margins per acre are small so it takes a lot of acres.

[Balding_Eagle]

Corporate farms will always be mechanized.

Corporate farms (really just large family farms that are incorporated) are what feed us.

Over 90% of our food come from family farms, and as a result of their hard work and innovation Americans spend less than 10% of their income on food, a decrease of 30% since 1970 when it was over 13% of income.

Oxen and horses are an excellent way to produce specialty' foods for wealthy clientele, not a way to feed a country.