There are dozens of farm service companies in agricultural areas because the reality is no farmer needs the same equipment 24/7/52.
For example, if a farmer needed his 400 hp articulated tractor going
0.5 mph 356 days out of the year then he'ld be working about 10 feet^2 / sec.That 774 hours or over 3 months of 8 hour days to complete just one square mile.
Bret Cahill