Re: farm size?

Posted by Ron-MO on October 05, 2016 at 07:36:44 from (24.177.135.105):

In Reply to: farm size? posted by rd 2n in mo on October 04, 2016 at 19:21:35:

Times sure have changed, at least in my area. The old farm I now live on has been in my family for over 100 years. My first recollection of the place (110 acres) is when I was very small, and my grandparents owned it, and we visited them often. This was in the early 60's, and neither of them worked off the farm, nor drove, nor did they even own a tractor. They actively farmed the place, and my grandfather sold his two work horses when I was probably around 4, and somewhere I have a photo of him with those horses, and the horse drawn equipment is all still on the place. I recall my grandmother selling eggs, milk, cattle, and raising birds (song birds shipped to buyers out of state at the time). After the passing of my grandparents my parents raised cattle on the place, and no one lived on the property between 1976 (passing of my grandmother), until 2003 when I built a home on the property. Growing up around cattle I always stated I would never raise cattle, and so far I have stuck to that. I still recall the work involved, and very little income in comparison to the input costs and labor. Both my wife and I work jobs for large corporations now, driving to work in opposite directions, her driving 25 miles one way, and I normally drive 50 miles one way, or I do work at home from time to time. I cannot think of any way we could even come close to replacing our income off the small 110 acre farm (only about 60 acres would be productive. We do sell hay (a local guy cuts/bales each year for half, and purchases my half), but it does not even pay the property taxes on the property each year. A lot gets back to standard of living I suppose. Back when my grandparents lived on the property they lived a much different lifestyle, and most of the food they ate was raised on the property. You simply do not see much of that today. In many ways I do not even consider my place a "farm" since very little is produced off of it. I know of several small farms or acreages in my area that fit that same mold. Ironically on neighboring property next to me is part of a large "corporate" farm, which owns over 30,000 acres in MO, much of it in the immediate area (I consider them good neighbors, even though I have never met the actual owners, only a couple of hired hands that built some fencing next to me).

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