That's very sad, KY Jon. And you're right about those who actually make a living from farming. They can't make a go of it by letting productive land lie idle. Unfortunately, a lot of farmers opted out of the program when commodity prices were high. They'd likely get back in again now if they could, but about the only opportunities out there are for the "permanent" titles of the program (field and stream buffers, etc) and some of those programs are pretty limited in terms of how many acres Uncle Sam will pay for.