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Re: What happened to farming pride?
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Posted by Paul Winter on February 11, 2005 at 04:38:00 from (66.115.255.217):
In Reply to: What happened to farming pride? posted by Youngfarmerguy on February 10, 2005 at 21:54:54:
young farmer, I am 40 and have some advice and i hope you will listen.
-- GO TO COLLAGE!!! no not necessarily the four year stuff but make sure you have a trade that you enjoy can do in area where you decide to live.
--times are changing and fast, in the time since I graduated from high school pickups, combines tractors ,trucks, repairs,fuel , fertilizer, seed, health ins., diapers, cereal, medication, and whatever else we have spent our money on since 1983 have doubled or tripled or more in price.
--AND THE PRICE OF WHEAT AND CORN ARE THE SAME
--within 15 years almost all farms in us will fall into one of two catagories hobby farms-- those that collect off farm income and huge corporate type farm.there are yet some old money farms that can still afford to farm but they also wont last that much longer.
-- Now maybe you are thinking lazy or looser or broke aint so, been in farm journal twice, still give occasional speech on no till farming work butt off in winter time turning wrenches.I just dont want to lose all that i made in the 90's .
-- at the age of 40 i am thinking of opening shop closing farm.
--working at school pushing broom
--working at local machinery dealer
-- or going back to collage for that slip of paper that makes wages go from $10,000- year to $30,000 year
-- HARD WORK OR LONG HOURS ALONE WILL NOT CUT IN THIS CENTURY. been there
Paul
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