Posted by WaltB on September 14, 2009 at 07:22:25 from (75.105.128.37):
I believe the time has come to sell some of the farm, if anyone has any suggestions in this sort of thing please chime in. It's all pretty new to me and I am still working my plan out for the future of what ground we plan to keep.
My father is getting up there in age and does not have the interest or drive like he used to. I am starting a family of my own now which cuts back on my own time I have to give to the farm. Both Dad and I work outside the farm which makes it pretty hard to get all the things done we need to.
We run about 40 head of cattle and we are thinking we might cut it down to around 10 cows. This would be less hay to put up and would be easier to maintain. We have land in several small tracts and want to keep the original home place where we both live. The cattle will help maintain the pasture around our homes.
We plan to sell most of the farm ground which we have rented out for nearly 15 years now. We will keep enough for the hay. We plan to sell some equiptment, what we don't need for hay. I hate to see it go but it's just to much to do on my own and I worry about the farmers who rent it out. If they were to give it up there would not be much else for me to do with it since I don't have the time, equiptment or help.
I feel beaten at this point but have high hopes for the future. Over the last 15 years we have been just able to maintain the place. Everything we make goes back into it to keep it afloat. After we get some plan to place to cut back hopefully we can get it down to a managable size so we can enjoy it instead of working ourselves to death. Our home place is about 90 acres all together and I look forward to only having it to worry about.
We currently put in a lot of sudan grass for hay. I think I will also get away from this. Our ground grows alot of bluegrass and timothy on it's own so I think we need to stop fighting mother nature and just let it grow. It will be more than enouph to feed what cows we plan to keep and it will be nice not to have to work up ground every year.
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