Federal law is 14 to work on a farm: Have to have written consent from parents: No more than 16 hours a week during the school year. (can be employed on a farm as young as 12 providing it's a family farm (your family) or a parent works on said farm: Many states will not allow a 14 year old to operate equipment on the roads between fields. Check everything! Make sure you are going to be completely legal before you start. Your parents and anyone who would hire you to operate your own equipment could (key word here is could) be held legally responsible should you be injured.
As far as owning your own business where you are not actually a farmer you should check the laws before you start spending money. For example many states it's illegal for someone under the age of 18 to operate power equipment. So if you got a tractor and bush hog and tried to hire yourself out to mow pastures and such you would not be a farmer but a business that mows. So in many states you couldn't operate your own equipment but would have to hire someone (OSHA rules would kick into in this case). I myself would be very careful about hiring a 14 YO to mow my pasture. They roll that tractor on themselves I could be held liable. Many 14 YO's don't have the experience to mess with dangerous equipment.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade. Just hate to see you spend money that now has to set for fours years if that's the case. You are posting on here so you have access to a computer and internet. Start researching both fed and state laws. Then if everything looks good try talking to locals who may wish to hire you. If it looks like you can get jobs make sure they will pay enough to cover operating expenses and an hourly wage for you. Operating expenses include enough to cover repairs and maintenance plus future equipment upgrades.
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