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Re: Wanting to start small hobby farm
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Posted by James2 on February 20, 2005 at 18:26:45 from (207.179.239.76):
In Reply to: Wanting to start small hobby farm posted by Kevin on February 20, 2005 at 07:36:32:
Kevin: A friend at work wants to eventually quit and farm full time although he has been successful in his current occupation (salary 80K+). He is bright (good gene pool, has two attorneys for parents) as well as being ambitious. Recently he has been testing potential enterprises which will allow him to leave. In particular, the plan has been to raise various small livestock on his limited 2-3 acres. This has included goats, chickens, and sheep, coupled with nearly all purchased inputs. His market has been approx 50% local sale barn and 50% private sales. On this small scale, he has been extremely successful, with a phenomenal return in $/acre. Eventually he will apply what has been learned to a greatly expanded operation located elsewhere. Since you cannot have chickens, consider goats and/or sheep. I have had little experience with goats, but in contrast have worked with sheep on the family farm. Sheep are good because they are easy on infrastructure, but on the down side they are in general, helplessly stupid. Although as others have said, be sure you have a market! Mutton in many areas can be a hard sell.
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