any other farmers in here?
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shit man, you all replied when i was typing my response. dam i cant believe you wanted to after baling hay. i fuckin hated baling hay. we used to put up no less than 5000 bales a year, we had almost 900 head of cattle...not fun lol.
pretty cool man. its crazy how kids dont come out to the farm to work anymore. we used to get kids looking for work all the time but now their too fucking lazy to actually work for the money...they get so surprised when they find out farming isnt just driving a big ass tractor back and forth.
you got that right man, so fucking peaceful. i just got done smoking a joint while watching 9 deer eat corn off my feed pile....cant get much better than that.I'm on a farm here but on a much smaller scale, I just do it for myself.
I love being a farmer, it's so much more peaceful.
hell no man, the gov't gives out very nice loans and grants to farmers looking to start. farmers are a dying breed, literally. the gov't is afraid that there won't be enough kids taking over the farm to meet demands.
auldone
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I grew up on 300+ acres in the Central Valley in Cali.. We grew corn, alfalfa, cotton, tomatoes, and oats. One thing at a time though. Mostly alfalfa. Started running tractors at 9. Using a torch at 11. Running a bailer at 14 and Harrow bed at 15. My parents sold the land in 94 and bought a 2000 sf house in town. Now at 36, I'm dying to get back to my country roots.... I never thought I would say this at 16 but at 36, I miss it. I hate the city....
420God
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That must be the case with a few of us because I pretty much have the same story.
Raised on a farm, saw city life as a young adult and decided it wasn't for me.
Funny how we wanted to be so different when we were younger.
auldone
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If my parents had not sold the land, I would be there now. We are looking to moving back to the valley. Back to Small towns that the sidewalks roll up at dusk. No traffic. And ag stores to get anything you want without getting a crossed eyed look from behind the counter.
mango tango
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Yeah this thread blew up!
Me, my dad, mom (auger carter) ..yes i still work with my momma!, our mechanic and our truck driver run 2800 acres. corn and beans. (have you seen the price of corn and beans!!!! the fertilizer companies are going to bend us over next year tho) but thats a 6800 combine. ran great this year very happy with it.
i grow alfalfa hay for my horses, goats, and chickens. and i dont even know how many pear,plum,cherry,apple trees are around the farms. I love growin hay its so relaxing...not as good as when we'll have acres and acres of pot fields!
I also am signed up with the gov't to keep about 200 acres of prarie fields/woods a la natural for CRP ground.
in the fall we pick pumpkins for all the city folk who drive out for a $2 pumpkin that theyd pay $15 in the city for. youd be amazed how far people drive for pumpkins...mostly church and children groups tho
...Dutch Passion Blueberry Day 55. needed some bud shots
mango tango
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Yeah its a dying breed. its pretty sad. Most of the farmers around me who farm a few hundred of their own acres have no one to pass the farm on to. so that leaves me to snatch that land up
. I think if people got into it they could realize how peaceful and rewarding it is to work and live off your own land, have your own responsibilities, and mostly grow your own veggies. i havent eaten a store bought tomato,egg,head of lettuce..you name it, in years.
..a country boy can survive.
just like us here...me, my dad and my mom (grain carter too)...my dad and i do all the mechanic work. just the 1200 acres here but i'm looking into a gov't loan...150 acres came up for sale and i really want to buy it.
dam, you have your hand in a little of everything.
lots of pumpkin farmers in my area, i've never seen one for over 5 bucks...cant believe people pay that much for them...maybe i need to grow some pumpkins this year.
yes, i watch the chicago board of trade everyday..market is down a bit today...i've never seen such high prices. the shitty thing is we sold most of our corn before it started shooting up...we would have made almost $300,000 more if we would have waited to sell. but....we did make a hell of a nice amount on our beans
nice lookin buds man.
dam, you have your hand in a little of everything.
lots of pumpkin farmers in my area, i've never seen one for over 5 bucks...cant believe people pay that much for them...maybe i need to grow some pumpkins this year.
yes, i watch the chicago board of trade everyday..market is down a bit today...i've never seen such high prices. the shitty thing is we sold most of our corn before it started shooting up...we would have made almost $300,000 more if we would have waited to sell. but....we did make a hell of a nice amount on our beans
nice lookin buds man.
very sad indeed...the future generations will be paying so much for food because millions of bushels of soybeans and corn will have to be imported.Yeah its a dying breed. its pretty sad. Most of the farmers around me who farm a few hundred of their own acres have no one to pass the farm on to. so that leaves me to snatch that land up
I think if people got into it they could realize how peaceful and rewarding it is to work and live off your own land, have your own responsibilities, and mostly grow your own veggies. i havent eaten a store bought tomato,egg,head of lettuce..you name it, in years.
..a country boy can survive.
we dont have too many small farmers around here, they range from 1000 - 7000 acres. most of which have no kids to pass it down to...i'm with you, i'll be there to buy up all that land.
mango tango
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lol i know what you mean about sellin off bushels early...when it got to 4.5 dollars my dad just couldnt wait any longer. damn where you are you guys do it big. we have 1 big time farmer around here he has over 25,000 acres...it is NUTS to drive by his operation...just a fleet of combines and semi's. our local ag supply store sponsors some of his fertilizing hes that big haha.
ive checked out those loan programs too..a lotta people should look into them you can buy land,equipment,and buildings with the grants.
ive checked out those loan programs too..a lotta people should look into them you can buy land,equipment,and buildings with the grants.
shit man, it was under 4 bucks when my dad sold...so many of the so called experts predicted the market to crash...then it goes sky high. oh well, this year was still one of the best years ive seen in a very loooooooong time, we still made out pretty well. plus it doesnt look like the prices are going to drop much within the next couple of years.
yeah there arent a lot of farmers around so there is quite a bit of land out there to gather up..but we arent shit to other states. like the dude you said farms 25,000 acres (fuckin nuts), he would think our couple thousand acre farms arent shit...hell, they probably do a couple thousand acres in a week lol. i would love to see their equipment though, 24 row corn heads, 48 row planters, 50-60 foot field cultivators...hell yeah man, thats the way to farm.
we used to own a feed mill when i was a little guy, dont really remember it. they used to farm over 4000 acres of their own, then they would do around 5000 acres of custom work for local farmers. i'm in awe when i see helicopter photos of the farm back then, it was just packed full of equipment. i wish we still had that store today though, we would be millionaires...my grandpa let a lot of farmers buy shit on credit, eventually that ran the store into the ground.
yeah there arent a lot of farmers around so there is quite a bit of land out there to gather up..but we arent shit to other states. like the dude you said farms 25,000 acres (fuckin nuts), he would think our couple thousand acre farms arent shit...hell, they probably do a couple thousand acres in a week lol. i would love to see their equipment though, 24 row corn heads, 48 row planters, 50-60 foot field cultivators...hell yeah man, thats the way to farm.
we used to own a feed mill when i was a little guy, dont really remember it. they used to farm over 4000 acres of their own, then they would do around 5000 acres of custom work for local farmers. i'm in awe when i see helicopter photos of the farm back then, it was just packed full of equipment. i wish we still had that store today though, we would be millionaires...my grandpa let a lot of farmers buy shit on credit, eventually that ran the store into the ground.
Saerimmner
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id love to work on a farm but the government over here (UK) has totally screwed farming/fishing etc
The Cryptkeeper
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LMAO. Every other post in this thread starts off with "Yeah, it is very sad..." and then it goes into sizing up each others land. Hilarious.
Carl Spackler
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I grew up farming mostly row-crops, soybeans, dent corn and some wheat. We owned only 380 acres but had a lot of tobacco (12-20 acres/year) also about 250 head of Angus/Hereford. In addition to all the agronomics that farming teaches you early on, I think it teaches you to be a more realistic weed farmer. It's a gamble every year and if the weather doesn't cooperate you are screwed. While the work is ridiculously hard, I still miss it. From breaking ground in the spring to waiting for the ground to be frozen hard enough to get in those last beans it is a uniquely satisfying lifestyle. I will inherit a few acres in the next 10 years or so but not enough to do more than a feed out a few calves...and grow more profitable products lol.
