Posted by K Effective on January 01, 2019 at 03:53:53 from (99.184.108.123):
In Reply to: Hobby Farmers posted by 3020G on December 31, 2018 at 16:10:40:
I like to refer to mine as fetish farming- it's more expensive and painful than a hobby.
I own 50 acres and farm about 25 more from neighbors, ten acres of Welch's concord grapes, about 22 acres of open ground for corn or beans and the rest is hay and pasture for 16-24 heifers I feed out and sell as freezer beef. I work with my neighbors who part-time farm about 450 acres, they have the sprayer and combine, I bale the hay and straw.
To get my fix, I help out my buddy, who is farming about 2000 acres of corn, beans and specialty vegetables (melons, pumpkins, seed corn, etc).
That and a full-time job with a really goofy schedule. All my kids are in college, so free help is mostly a memory. In 2017 I handled every single bale of about 2300 small squares- put them on the wagon, unloaded them onto the elevator, stacked them in the barn. Yes, I'm stubborn, and probably stupid. But I love it.
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