Besides the tremendous work involved, the ag policies of the past 25 or 30 years have made it nearly impossible to break into dairy farming and making it. Nearly all of farming has gone that way and every new farm bill has made it worse than before. The best you can do is hobby farm a few steers and a few acres of hay while keeping a good job. There are always people trying to introduce laws to make it impossible to even do that. BTW it ain't always environmental wackos who promote these laws. Here MN it the likes of Durst Dairy. They have publicly stated that 160 acres is too small and shouldn't be allowed permits to farm or receive government payments (I was at that meeting) . Full time farming will only be a life of struggle for the average Joe these days. Large corporate farms have taken over my area. They move in and always offer more rent for land than you can. The large government payments keep them afloat and will leave you behind. The only full-time small farmers I know of keep going only because they inherited the farm from their folks. When their equipment wears out and the prices fall back down they too will thin out and have been thinning out. The years I farmed and the years growing up on a dairy farm were some of the best I ever lived but once you're out you're out and getting back in is nearly impossible so for you to attempt it without a dairy background as an additional handicap, well, good luck.
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