I have been where you are. I always wanted to farm but couldn't "break" into it. My father got out just before I wanted to get in so I missed the chance to take over his operation, even though it was small by todays standards. So I farmed part time with a good paying off the farm job in my 30s. I was lucky enough to get cheap land rents or even free by taking real small parcels nobody else would fool with. I bought older equipment cheap and fixed it up. I got help and advice from retired farmers and my father. I bought calves cheap from local dairy guys. I sold beef and pork direct to buyers, corn to wildlife feeders, hay to horse people, manure to gardeners, eggs , etc. I have to say that I enjoyed those years. BUT, in the end I was losing money. It was a tax benefit for me then though so I kept at it for about 10 years. For what its worth, here is the downside as I experienced it. It is a tremendous amount of work for the return. Something ALWAYS goes wrong. Weather, disease, breakdowns, prices too high or low, you name it . It takes way more time than you might think it will. You will work nights and weekends at it , holidays sometimes. I had small kids at the time and missed some good times. With a job, I was often at work when the time was right for harvest or calving or whatever. Nothing more frustrating than being at work on a sunny day with hay down, and then it starts to sprinkle on your drive home. So, now I am self employed and hobby farm a little , and it is nice. Best of luck to you in whatever you choose to do !
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Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
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