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Posted by Dachshund on October 03, 2006 at 10:37:57 from (216.170.46.100):
In Reply to: Re: Costs of Farming posted by VADAVE on October 03, 2006 at 03:43:19:
It used to be that you updated equipment to be able to farm more acres. Now you farm more acres to afford to update equipment. You CAN make a living farming with older stuff, you just have to live within your means and not have to HAVE that new truck, or tractor, or combine, or...... Never ceases to amaze me how a guy can buy a new pickup, new planter, new combine, etc, in the same year and then sit around in the coffee shop and complain about being $300,000+ in debt! I'm a firm believer that we need to regroup and simplify things, and learn to be more self-sufficient. The only ones making a living with all this new, high dollar, equipment is the banker. I will now stumble down off my soap box......
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