Posted by jasinpa on March 04, 2014 at 18:16:40 from (67.234.166.174):
thought i post just to blow some steam & get others thoughts , heres the story, trying to get back into farming ,grow up on a family farm my dad never took over but i always loved it , grandfather died farm got sold , now 20 years later im trying to start from scratch, talked to a guy who owns about 120 acers in the summer of 2012 told me to get the equipment i need & stop back & will write up a lease even agread on price at that time , so i spent over 15 grand for nice used equipment & lots of aution time & travel to get what i wanted , went back at the begining of last year ( march 2013) & was told ah its to late to plant corn this year come see me in dec. 2013 for a 2014 lease by the land owner ( ya right was my thoughts never went back to him) so all year i spent looking for differant land , in jan. of this year found 20 ac. of land , not much but a start , now i found out the first land owner from last year stole this 20 from out under me & then leased a nieboring farm too , that man has never farmed his own land in my life time , now hes going out of his way to obtain leased land , what the h#ll , ive been sitting on this equipment for more then a year now due to him , im at a loss here , grain price is at rock bottom dont know if it would pay anyway , should i keep looking & hoping or just give up & sell , but if i fail there will be no more farmers come from this family , im the last generation here to keep it going , maybe it shouldnt bother me ,but i always told my grandfather i keep us farming , hate to admit it sorta bring tears thinking about it, what happens to us small guys in the end & family farms , heck im living proof as of now, you cant start from scratch
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