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Re: Anudder MONDAY......................
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Posted by Indydirtfarmer on May 02, 2005 at 06:08:59 from (66.64.181.106):
In Reply to: Re: Anudder MONDAY...................... posted by john in la on May 02, 2005 at 05:42:58:
Because of some health issues, I cut down my rented acreage some this year. Planted about 480 acres of corn, and will plant around 400 soybeans. Still enough to qualify as a farmer in my book. The way I see it, I have 2 and sometimes 3 full-time jobs. The farm takes just as much of my time as anyone elses does, even if they DON'T have a day job. Then, my son and I do commercial bush hogging 6 months a year. We hired some help this year, and keep 2 (and occasionally 3) tractors running full-time road right-of-ways, real estate, and pastures. For someone that isn't "full-time" I sure spend a lot of time working.... (I'm just glad that this job isn't quite as intense as it used to be. I get a lot of "down-time" here)
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