Family farms aren't dead but they aren't what they used to be. Getting in to farming is getting harder each generation. However there are some types of farming that is still fairly easy to get financial help. In some areas you can get 100% financing for poultry farms and they will cash flow if you are willing to work hard and be tied down. I live off of less than 400 acres and 100 or so cows. I have older equipment and seldom buy new. That works great for me but everyone can't do that. Someone has to be able to buy new and trade every few years for the used to be available.
What worries me more about the survival of family farms is the average age of farmers. Currently the average age is about 58 years and livestock farmers are about 60. There is no incentive to farm for most young people. Unless you inherit the land and most of the equipment the startup costs are frightening. I sent both of my sons to college and neither have any desire to return to the farm. Both are making more than I ever even dreamed but they are both working FOR someone else. It seems that schools discourage the entrepreneurial spirit.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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