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Re: What happened to farming pride?
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Posted by MN farmer on February 11, 2005 at 05:07:45 from (67.2.192.188):
In Reply to: What happened to farming pride? posted by Youngfarmerguy on February 10, 2005 at 21:54:54:
I was making about $100,000 a year. No degree. now I farm. I was fortunate and had a lot of good work ethic and a lot of knowledge from farming. It was 24 hours stress. I worked up in the company. A degree will get you in a door easier and you can progress sooner. I was constantly yearning for more knowledge. I should have went to college and been ahead, rather than be in a position and trying to catch up with the ones that did have the degree. There are educated idiots that have degrees that cant turn a screw or figure out anything with out a PC, just as there are people that have no degree and can excel. If you are any age and have the option of school ..DO IT. I was lucky. You can farm on the side and grow in size as you grow in knowledge and exp. and always have that education to fall back on in rough times,
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