Isn't the farmer the wrong person to ask? As in, the margins are razor-thin because the competitors (merged conglomerates operating) are operating vertically-integrated at scale, driving prices so low that only they can skim enough to profit from participatong in the market.

So the farmer has no variables to change because the problem is not in their jurisdiction, but rather the government's, no? (i.e. breaking up giant agri-businesses, or taxing them and redistributing to subsidize small operations)

But I recognize there's also geopolitics of food, so there are many layers I don't understand :)