I started farming 100 acres completely on my own recently, age 29 now, work as an engineer full time. I helped a family friend a lot when I was younger and have him for advice and to "bounce" my ideas off of. I can make it work because I don't mind running smaller older equipment. I have a 4 row 30" 7000 John Deere corn planter and wouldn't trade it for a bigger one, and that about sums up my philosophy on farming. In the future you'll see 30 farms per county, 10 of them will be full-time 5000+ acre operations who will claim to still be "family" farms. The other 10 will be guys with 100-250 acres like myself who enjoy it and don't mind being a part-time small operation. Then 10 more guys will bale hay and raise a few beef cows. Other than that its over for midwestern farming. My question for the "older" generation is why couldn't we have been content with 4020's and 4 row planters? Was 250 acres and livestock really that bad? It was screwed up beyond belief long before this generation was even born.
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Today's Featured Article - Stories From Old Farmer - by K. Pratt. Old Farmer, a.k.a. Dale Jensen began posting messages to our discussion forums at the grand age of 75. With extensive knowledge of farming and tractors, he valued the past and the ways that went with it. He shared these values with us until shortly before his passing. I spoke with Dale in his last days and requested his permission to share some of his stories with the readers of our magazine. He agreed, and provided the
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