Jerry I agree with you. You dairy guys were married to those cows. Even though I never milked, except when I helped my uncle out, I know how much work milking is.
I too got burned out on livestock.
Dad had a part time business that took off about the time I was a freshman in High School. So every morning and night I had to either help with or do the hog and cattle chores myself.
I received no financial gain from it. Dad needed every penny to pay the mortgage on the farm. By the time I was a junior I was doing the chores myself and working late nights 30 hours a week at a supper club to make some money for myself.
After high school I continued to care for the livestock on shares for dad. We 75 stock cows and about 100 sows and all there offspring. In the 80's I had to take an off farm job and still care for the livestock to make ends meet.There was no such thing as a weekend off. I was busy grinding feed and hauling manure so I could work in town during the week. And I still had 3 to 4 hours of chores everyday. In the mid 90's when hogs hit 13 cents a pound and a disease problem set in the hogs went down the road. What a relief on my back.
After some health issues of my own in 2005 I decided I was not gonna tie myself to the farm much longer. In 2009 the cows went down the road as well. Now if I want to get away for a week or two in between crop farming I can.
I have found there is life after livestock farming and it is great.
I kept a little equipment in case the grandkids wanted some livestock for 4H projects. But I am kinda hoping they don't.
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