Dairy Farmer second worst occupation

Harvey Brinker · Jan 9, 2009

According to the following site that rates occupations: lumberjack is currently America's worst job, followed by dairy farmer.

The site rates jobs on a number of factors none of which makes dairy farming look very inviting.

www.careercast.com/jobs/content/JobsRated_10WorstJobs

Hugh MacKay · Jan 10, 2009

Harvey: You best delete that site, I've done both. No question they are very demanding ocupations, however if well managed they can be very rewarding.

Nebraska Cowman · Jan 10, 2009

Farmers have their own set of criteria in selecting which occupations are desirable which has little to do with how the rest of the world thinks. End of story.

george pickering · Jan 10, 2009

no wonder no kids want to work after seeing stuff like that

Pair-a-dice farm · Jan 10, 2009

it's all a matter of opinion. To me any job that requires me to be stuck in a city would be the worst.

MarkB_MI · Jan 10, 2009

I'm not sure why lumberjacking beat out dairy farming. At least lumberjacks get to take vacations.

BubbaQ · Jan 10, 2009

I deal with allot of dairy farmers being a barn whitewasher. I would say that only about 60% or so of the farmers that I talk to hate there job. When I worked for Blue Cross and RI Medicare I dont think that I could find 6% of the people in the company that actually like there job.

My point is Dairy farmers rock and we should all be willing to pay $10 a gallon for milk so they could like there job a little more.

kyplowboy · Jan 10, 2009

Woander who they asked to make the list.

Of the 200 listed, "farmer" was beter than half way down from the best.

Fergienewbee · Jan 10, 2009

The worst job is the one you hate to get out of bed for, has no sense of reward or accomplishment and one where what you do is not appreciated. Of all the jobs I've had--brick tender, carpenter's helper, construction estimator and draftsman, I liked the ones working with my hands best. Graduated in 1965--should have gotten in to tool and die when it was a great job.

I've been telling the kids ever since I can remember, it doesn't matter what you do, just find something you like. The money will take care of its self. Should have followed my own advice years ago.

Larry in Michigan

TomH in PA · Jan 10, 2009

I wonder about how they rated the jobs too. Welder as the eighth worst job? Every welder I've known seemed to like the job. Same with Ironworkers. But I'd never want to be a Taxi Driver (or cashier in a convenience store either).

Bruno · Jan 10, 2009

I once had a job circumcising elephants at the zoo. The pay was lousy, but the tips were good.

Mr. Bob · Jan 10, 2009

My dad milkedcows on the family dairy farm for 36 years, with few exceptions 7 days a week, twice a dat 365 days a year. I marvel at how ANYBODY could endure this bending, stooping, dirty job all those years. I'm sure there are many criminals who while incarcerated live aless miserable life than this. I've worked at a lot of different things in my life, last job being a janitor/maintenence man. This last job I retired from 2 years ago. I liked it the best. I think everyone should, for a time, experience an absolutely miserable job. By this experience they should learn to appreciate a less miserable job more, and seek to improve themselves. I've been in a couple different job situations that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I really appreciated my last job as it was so much morepleasant for me than some previous ones.

rrlund · Jan 10, 2009

Let me guess. You made a wallet out of them,but when you rubbed it,it bacame a suitcase?

Dave from MN · Jan 10, 2009

Maybe they should be getting hazard pay, and their product's should have a premiem value. Just what the 1000 cow operations want, scare off any young folks thinking bout getting into dairy, less competition for them and less chance of losing market share when there is a global shortage of milk and milk is the next oil.

skycarp · Jan 10, 2009

http://www.careercast.com/jobs/content/JobsRated_10BestJobs

Mike (WA) · Jan 10, 2009

The small dairymen have been waiting for the worldwide milk shortage for 40 years. It'll never happen, especially since there are now so many big operators, who have enough cash flow to increase cow numbers whenever prices fall, which exacerbates the problem. When I left Farm Credit 18 years ago, milk was $12 per hundred. Guess what it is now? $12 per hundred.

Bruno · Jan 10, 2009

You must remember this: a bris is just a bris.

El Toro · Jan 10, 2009

My late dad loved the farm and his cows. He was never happy when he had to give it up. The big change when my brother and I went into the military. Hal

Rick Kr · Jan 10, 2009

Skycarp,
Thanks for making me feel better for 10 best jobs.

I have a BS in Applied Mathematics, MS in Statistics. So now I have jobs 1 and 3 wrapped up!!!

But more importantly, when I am not at work I am playing a tree farmer.

Rick

gitrib · Jan 10, 2009

Did you notice the ten best all were jobs where you set on your butt and had to go to the gym to get your exersise. No one today wants to do anything to produce a usable product. It is true a dairyman has to love his animal and caring for them. There is more to living a life than lookinf for what someone claims is the best job Ther is also self esteen. I am eighty years old and would go out and help milk today if I could..gitrib

Rick Kr · Jan 11, 2009

gitrib,

You are so right about sitting on your butt. I had to start working out because of my "desk" job. Wouldn't trade my job I do like it. I am always outside with working on my trees, plus I work out all winter long.

I use to fight in college which kept me in shape, but after that it was amazing how fast the weight gets put on.

Rick

wolfman · Jan 11, 2009

Ahh I still say the three toughest jobs in the world are: (1) Wheeling West Virginia; (2)Lansing Michigan; and(3) Flushing Ohio.

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