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Posted by Rich Iowa on December 31, 2005 at 13:30:48 from (152.163.101.7):
I"ve been watching land prices for a while now, allways going up. Lately I"ve noticed they have leveled off a bit here in Iowa. With these prices, I don"t see any way a young person, like myself, can get into farming anymore. Many times I"ve thought about just selling the equipment I have, make a down payment on a small house in a small town, and spend my time at the bar. But if I did that, I know I"d be bored and unhappy. I love being outside working the land; plowing, disking, cultivating, harvesting, baling hay, working with animals, etc. I think alot of you guys/gals will agree when I say there"s nothing like watching a Red-tailed Hawk swooping down and catching a rabbit while I"m mowing hay, or scaring pheasants or deer out of corn in the fall. I"ve thought of just getting 10-20 acres, but that isn"t enough land for me to work. I would love to farm 300+ acres, but I"d settle for 80-160 acres, enough to raise hogs on pasture, corn, oats, hay, and a small beef herd. I just don"t see how anyone trying to get into agriculture can make a go for it these days. And it"s not just land prices, there is fuel, fertilizer, steel, lumber, everything is getting expensive. I can"t afford to farm, but there"s nothing else I"d rather do all my life. Majority of my free time is somehow related to farming whether I"m working on my old broke down equipment, or thinking about something farm related. I have read many old farm books from the 1920s-1960s on many differant subjects; building fences, production of swine, cattle, and poultry, tillage practices, etc. Of course most of these methods are no longer in use nor practical, but it"s a starting point. I don"t know what"s gonna happen in my life time, but with the help of the Lord, hard work, and alot of luck, I hope I can be doing what I love the most, farming, even if it means using horses. OK, I"m done ranting for now, until something gets me started again. Hope every one have a safe and happy new year, Rich from central Iowa
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