Posted by philip d on December 09, 2019 at 02:36:49 from (96.44.72.102):
In Reply to: Gong to quit farming posted by David g on December 08, 2019 at 18:31:13:
I’m very sorry for your loss David, farming without the mainstay family/friends can seem overwhelming and we can loose our drive to go forward sometimes. I’m not sure what you grow or how large of scale you farm or your age. It’ll be 8 years next week that we lost my dad suddenly to heart failure at 68,we knew for over 20 years that his health was continually deteriorating and often times during his checkups his doctor would comment that she was amazed he was still going considering how little heart he had to work with. We had dairy and we continued milking for another 7 years after he passed. It came down to where I was doing all of the barn chores by myself and we had a robot so I never was able to get a mental break because of the phone being connected to the robot in case of break downs. We were heavily indebted ,money was very tight and I was mentally worn out so we sold off the dairy portion this spring. I’m 45 and am currently taking a trade at a local trade school. We could have sold everything and just “taken it easy” for the rest of our lives but I’ve seen too many other people become very depressed who worked hard their entire lives and all of a sudden they feel like they have no purpose. My point is like the others say don’t make rash decisions, if someone you know asks maybe just say loosing your friend has been quite a blow and you need time over the winter to decide what to do next spring. If you can easily get the work done in the spring or hire some help maybe considering moving forward. I’m sure that’s what he would want. If you do the first year will be rough emotionally, lots of memories, but memories may make you sad at first but then they’ll turn into memories that make you smile and laugh. Like I said I know extremely little about you and your farm but just give it some time before you make arrangements to rent out your land. I know it’ll still be your land but once you promise it out it’s pretty hard to go back on your word.
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