Wow, I cant believe it! I grew up in middle Tennessee also. Was born in Cannon Co. In 2002 I moved to North Dakota, not to farm but to be in ag-business. Where I work I am closely involved with the production side of ag. I have to say I love it here. If a person has some captial and the will to put up with the winter, I think a person could make a little money here. You know as I do in middle TN land isnt cheap, here it is in comparison to TN. Also, we have a lower sales tax, plus we dont have alot of crap like crime, etc. going on. In ND we have from flat river land to rolling crop land to pasture. Email me later, its great to hear from someone from home.