And I appreciate the gentlewoman's response. She is aware that like a corn farmer in Ohio would get about $30 an acre and they probably would not even cover the property taxes, and farmers are farmers because they want to produce. I really do not know if the economics bear out the gentlewoman's concern here because I do not think anyone is going to let their land sit without production, but I appreciate the gentlewoman's response.
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