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Acting Big, thinking big. Possible?

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Dave from MN

04-10-2006 09:44:47




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Is any one out there currently in or has been in a group of smaller farmers buying, contracting, selling as a team to get better deals , reducing cost and increasing profits. I know we used to have CO-Ops, but they seem to be all closing down and mis managed. Looking for a way to get into farming and actually be able to reap some of the benefits as the monster farmers. Am I dreaming or do you think it would be possible to drive smaller farm production and success, thus slow the elimination of small farms and the little guy that givves it his all on less than 1000 acres.

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Dave from MN

04-10-2006 17:16:02




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to Dave from MN, 04-10-2006 09:44:47  
replies sound pretty discouraging. Maybe I should get a devorce and marrie a millionaires daughter and tell him I wanta be a farmer and have him flip the bill. Works for some. Nope, wife is one of the few that learned from grandmother how to preserve food and save $$ on groceries. Even LOVES living on the farm, we just wanted to grow, but with an area farmer running 3000 acres calling it quits due to frustration and lack of good help and rent prices, I guess I better not invest anymore capitol in this part of the state.

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Mel in OR

04-10-2006 16:41:48




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to Dave from MN, 04-10-2006 09:44:47  
The best and last shot at it may have been with the National Farmers Organization (NFO), back in the 60's. Dad tried hard to help get it going but gave up.



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Nebraska Cowman

04-10-2006 15:51:09




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to Dave from MN, 04-10-2006 09:44:47  
Nahh, it didn't work years ago and it ain't gonna work now. What you are going to see is the big companies providing all imputs, and the "farmer" providing the labor on leased equipment and rented land. That sounds too much like a "hired man" to me. Some washed out broke exfarmer will provide the "management" and sorry if that offends a few, but that realy galls me.
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MagMan

04-10-2006 12:47:55




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to Dave from MN, 04-10-2006 09:44:47  
I would go to one of these big farmers and ask what they can do for you. If they buy seed buy the toninstead of the bag maybe they can pass a little bit of the benifit to you if your a nice guy. I have a fairly big farmer down the road I help him here and there with some mechanic work or just run his auger with my H when there loading tractor trailers. He plants my land for free sells me round up ready corn below his cost and wiil give me the world if he had it. One word of advise though stay away from the daughters. I dated 2 out of three of one farmer daughters I worked for and well lets just say. I am not on his Xmas card list anymore. LOL

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Dave from MN

04-10-2006 14:16:34




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to MagMan, 04-10-2006 12:47:55  
What, was the 3rd one the ugly one, or the smart one? :^)
Thanks for the advice. Good way to test my renter, see if he will work with me one corn price. Lately asking some farmers they want to charge more to a neighbor than they are getting at the elevator.



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bruce ohnstad

04-10-2006 10:15:27




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 Re: Acting Big, thinking big. Possible? in reply to Dave from MN, 04-10-2006 09:44:47  
Co-ops can be effective especially in tough times. They were a big part of rural improvement in the earlier 20th century. Vibrant and effective management can be hard to sustain and there are good ones out there.

Some modern co-ops examples are food co-ops. With their pioneering of organic farming they are on top of a rising tide of sucess.

There are also land co-ops. Members buy into it over a five year period. There is one near Winona MN finding success growing prairie grasses for seed.

Interesting that some of the sucesses are from recultivating old know-how. Organic farming mostly "old fashioned" non-industrial farming methods, using your smarts, not chemicals.

Our political and social climate needs to promote co-ops, not corporate farming, for families to be able to stay on the land.

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