Im 39. Grew up on a 30 cow dairy farm. We even had buckets to milk with yet. Dad retired in 1999 and sold cows to a farm down the road. I started working for them that summer to make money for college. Been there 21 years now helping out. They had a double six parlor with 200 cows. I thought that was pretty cool. They kept expanding their herd til they got up t 400 plus. 2 years ago they started the switch to robots for milking. It has gone super well for them. Cows averaging right around 98-99 lbs per day, even in the heat.
Field work wise, as a kid we were super excited to get 10 acres of chopping done in a day. I get sent out to cut and am told let us know when its all laying. On Wednesday we just chopped 300 plus acres off like it was nothing. Even traveling 5 plus miles for a 1/3 of it. (Another change in farming is the distance of travel for fields).
I miss the old days but do enjoy all the technology and its benefits. By the way, this farm is a family farm in the truest sense. There is one full-time employee and myself that arent family. Hes probably worked there 15 years himself.
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