A recent local case of a "farmer" keeing some horses in a shipping
container for 22 hours a day - and other abuse.

Made me think about some farms I have seen.

Some resemble scrapyards. Any animals are likely to be guard dogs.

You see the land and the state of the outbuildings and there is no way that
are productive.

Do these people get any sort of financial benefir from being a "farmer",
even though the only thing they seem to produce is piles of scrap.