Just what is a family farm ? There are farms of all types and size near me . Some guys crop 2000 acres ,part time , while others grow fruit and vegetables on 50 acres or less, and make a full time living from it . My farm is a owner operation , with me as the owner. And my wife and son work with me . Dose this make my farm a "family farm" . While my buddy's farm is a limited Corp. , with his wife and son working with him, not a family farm ? Only real problem with farming , regardless the type of farm , farm products are too cheap, and barley give the farmer his cost of production , let a lone any return on investment. There for in many cases , only a family that has a farm pasted down to them can make things go. As they do not have to push a mortgage to pay for the real estate , and try to make a profit on what they grow be on covering their production cost, every thing is profit. Farming is a mature industry , not a untamed frontier. Go try to start a dry goods store , or a lumber yard , or a car lot. You will be confronted with the same kind of difficulties . High capital investment , with low return. And every one thinks you must be rich if you can own your own farm , though you might often work for far less than minimum wage. Millions in assets, pockets full of lint. The "family farm" is becoming a romantic idea, it is a business, never been anything else. Bruce
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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