Re: Why does it have to be so hard?

Posted by shawnspeed3 on December 05, 2006 at 09:37:58 from (198.208.251.24):

In Reply to: Why does it have to be so hard? posted by Youngfarmhand on December 04, 2006 at 18:22:47:

I,am with chris in MO., look at other alternatives in agriculture...comodity crops are hard to compete with when you can not buy at the prices the big guys do. There are a couple of small grain farmers in my area (mid MI) that are making a go of it....but they are not selling to the elevator...they are selling cleaned corn for corn stoves, deer feed , and oats for horses, they will also custom grind feed for cows,pigs,and poultry, cheaper than the elevator, but enough to live on..the key is direct market whatever you grow,livestock,grain,vegtables ect. and if you can add value added products( minimaly processed) your operation will prosper even more.I rent out some acerage to one of these gentelman in exchange for feeder pigs/feed,I inturn market the pigs to city folk where I work and charge 1.75 live weight for the pork plus processing...they gladly pay pecause they know where it came from ,how it was treated and who processed it,(they pay the butcher and arange their cuts)beef is done the same wayexept I own my own brood cows and practice intensive grazing,raseing pasture fed beef, poultry is done in chicken tractors that fertilize the pastures after the cows have been moved to the next pasture , we are getting 2.25 lb for the chickens , and have a waiting list...So ...don't look at what you don't have ...look at what you do have and start a course from there. if you can read Joel salatins books they may give you some very good Ideas on how to make it in farming. Shawn

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