Posted by JD Seller on November 11, 2012 at 19:01:52 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: should i give up farming posted by randy in penna on November 11, 2012 at 17:58:56:
Randy most of the guys that are farming on here did not start out owning land. I started out 34 years ago with 50 acres of rented corn ground. That was in four different places. Just small stuff none of the "real" farmers wanted. The next year I had hogs on five different farms. No more than 50 at each place but that was all the buildings I could find to rent/use.
If you are going to start farming from scratch then livestock will more than likely have to be in the mix. There is not much labor in raising an acre of grain. You have labor but no capitol. So you need to use what resource you have to get what you don't have.
Find yourself a House with 5-10 acres on it. Make that your home base. Even just find a 5-10 acre tract of land. Stick a house trailer on it for now. This will give you a place to at least park your stuff.
Then look for just buildings to rent. Most of the land around here has the buildings split off from the farm ground. Keep your ears open for any land to rent. Keep in mind you will be getting the rejects from all the other guys. So it will be a PIA to farm or so poor it will not grow weeds.
This land deal will swing the other way sometime. We have had high priced land many times before. We also have had that same land sell cheaper after it was "high" priced.
The real thing is how much you are willing to sacrifice to get there? How much hard work are you willing to do to realize your dream? If you are married is your wife on board with this idea??
Try to think outside the box. An example of this is a young man I know. He feeds all the diary cows at this big dairy. He gets zero pay but he gets all the bull calves. He raises them up to weaning size and then sells them. He has been doing that for 5 years. He just bought a set of buildings and 10 acres. He now will have a better barn to work with. Plus it will be right out his door. Plans to start to finish a few of the better calves himself.
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