In Al's question though,he said if you "own" 300 acres. You have to do something to pay for those acres. When I started farming in the early 70s,that meant milking cows. I had most of it paid for when I quit milking. I phased out of the dairy business over two years time and was able to make a fairly seamless transition and had a good income right along. In answer to Al's question though,yes,if you still don't mind having livestock,just don't want to milk,using modern technology as far as genetics are concerned,you can make a living.
Those genetics put added production in your pocket. The only thing new equipment technology does is to reduce input costs. You have to have a pretty high volume of acres to make GPS auto steer,variable rate technology and things like that pay off. Smaller,less advanced equipment might mean a few more days in the field,but isn't that what we do as farmers? What's the need to get done sooner anyway? Those reruns of I Dream of Jeannie will be cycled through again in about a month.
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