Farms across Europe are going out of business, farmland is being sold to developers and country villages are dying. These days, nobody wants to be a farmer. The younger generations of farming families move to the nearest city to study, and they don't come back to work on the farm. The reasons are simple. Farmers work longer hours than in most other professions and they earn a lot less. Farming is not a romantic occupation; it's hard work and, like any business, it has to make a profit to survive.
Most farming businesses are in a different financial situation. They take out loans from the banks to pay for expensive machinery, so they have large repayments. On the other hand, their income is not guaranteed. In agriculture, crops depend on the weather. If there is too much rain or too much sun, or if it rains at the wrong time, a farmer can lose a significant proportion of his crop.
A large number of farmers with animals run a different type of business. They have contracts with big food manufactures to supply animal products. In this way, they can guarantee an income, but often the price is lower than the market rate.
Most farms borrow money from the bank.
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Doesn't say
【正确答案】：A
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