£600k my arse
If a single field of wheat were worth 600 grand, then farming would be the business to be in. Farmers may have the reputation of being rich, but they're not.

Edit - I'm not condoning the practice of making crop circles, but there's no way it caused that much damage.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:18, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

That seems to be an informed opinion
based on a detailed knowledge of farming.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:21, Reply)

I was just about to post this
Agreed. I'd be amazed if the farm's annual turnover was 600K.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:23, Reply)

maybe they were growing ganja?
that'd make it about right ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:26, Reply)

Hahaha
Poppies as far as the eye can see!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:27, Reply)

Wheat prices at the moment
are about £120-£130 per tonne.

Assuming 10 tonnes per hectare, a field of that size would yield £1300, maximum. Gross.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:24, Reply)

What about subsidies?
How could you tell the scale from that photo?
(PsychoChomp, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:26, Reply)

crop circle is 250m long by 60m wide
fairly easy to tell scale really, given that they've told you.

makes it cover about 1.5 hectares
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:27, Reply)

Sorry
by 'that size', I meant 1 hectare, not the size of the field in the photo.

But a hectare is about the size of a football field, and there's no way that field is over 450ha in size! Most farms aren't anywhere like 450ha.

Edit - what Vipros said.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 9:29, Reply)