Posted by bison on July 03, 2015 at 22:54:00 from (69.168.144.140):
In Reply to: poor hay crop posted by Eldon (WA) on July 03, 2015 at 21:41:28:
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3 poor HAY crops in 45 years doesn't tell the whole story, it does not tell about the bad grain crops cause of drought or to much rain or geese, the forced sale of cattle(at give away prices)because of no pasture trough drought, the pathetic calf prices that did not make ends meet for years on end, the BSE case in a beef cow in 2003 that made bison worthless overnight for the next 4 years although they had nothing to with it and the resulting struggle not to loose the entire farm to the bank and creditors
AFAIAC only the last 4 years out of the 45 were profitable, the rest were a struggle to survive but i ain't complaining,...nobody forced me to go farming
Back in the day My parents raised 5 kids on a small 10 acre dairy farm that nowadays would be called a hobby farm with no potential.
Back then it did not take much to make a living,there was no debt to serve cause the bank would not lend any. All we NEEDED was food clothing and shelter and we never had a lack of either. It made us kids though and thought us that life is not a rose garden without the thorns
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