i am all in.

[rustred]

i am punched in and have not looked for the time clock yet. been around the dirt with watching and learning as long as i can remember. my grandfather always would tell me " i will live till 100 " and he darn near did, only was 2 weeks short. those are the generation that opened up this country with an axe, dynamite and horses then tractors. at times i think that would be a much simpler life. you paid 10.00 for a quarter of land and went to it clearing it. look forward, then at the end of the day u looked at what u have accomplished. little by little things got done. don't think i will make 100 but sure would like to as too much to do yet.

 

[john in la]

Farming is like a government job.
You work 3 months a year and sit on the porch watching corn grow or the snow fly the rest of the year. Lol.

 

[Tony in SD]

Farming is like a government job.
You work 3 months a year and sit on the porch watching corn grow or the snow fly the rest of the year. Lol.

Apparently you have never tilled, planted, cultivated, sprayed, picked or combined corn. It takes a lot longer that 3 months to do all that work. Or fed cattle all winter in deep blowing snow while keeping the water supply thawed. Or milked cows twice a day everyday without failure. Or repaired equipment all night so you could could use it the next day. Or up most of the night during calving time. I don’t recall ever working a 3 month year or sitting on the porch very often growing up or during my working life. In fact I asked my Dad about this vacation thing I was hearing about in school. He said vacations were for city folks.

 

[Tgrasher]

Tony, knowing past posts and writings of John's, I'm pretty sure he wrote that in jest, meaning, he wasn't serious.

 

[showcrop]

Living to an old age is not good unless you are healthy enough to be able to be independent. Staying healthy requires healthy eating which among other things requires low carb low sugar diet. Adequate exercise is also very important, but working hard at a physical job is not enough. A full body daily workout is needed or suddenly you have a couple of weak joints or muscles that bring your whole body to a stop. Randy Lund is a very active farmer who posts periodically about the need to still work out even though he works hard at his daily farm work.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

More like 3 months of work till you pass out then spending the rest of the year fixing what you broke during those 3 months. I think the only time a non first responder or non military government employee has worked a 20 hour day is when they turn their timecard in to get paid...

 

[john in la]

Apparently you have never tilled, planted, cultivated, sprayed, picked or combined corn. It takes a lot longer that 3 months to do all that work. Or fed cattle all winter in deep blowing snow while keeping the water supply thawed. Or milked cows twice a day everyday without failure. Or repaired equipment all night so you could could use it the next day. Or up most of the night during calving time. I don’t recall ever working a 3 month year or sitting on the porch very often growing up or during my working life. In fact I asked my Dad about this vacation thing I was hearing about in school. He said vacations were for city folks.

Tony;
You need to quit wasting time tilling and cultivating.
Get you a no till planter and some RR corn and you might get to spend some time sitting on the porch.

Just so you know; A person that is up most of the night during caving season is called a rancher not a farmer.

And yes I know my way around a herringbone parlor quite well Thank You.

 

[john in la]

Tony, knowing past posts and writings of John's, I'm pretty sure he wrote that in jest, meaning, he wasn't serious.

Tgrasher;
You got to admit.
It is quite easy to get some peoples undies into a wad on this site.
I was thinking while I was typing the original post.
This ought to get some on this site going.

 

[oliverkid]

Tony;
You need to quit wasting time tilling and cultivating.
Get you a no till planter and some RR corn and you might get to spend some time sitting on the porch.

Just so you know; A person that is up most of the night during caving season is called a rancher not a farmer.

And yes I know my way around a herringbone parlor quite well Thank You.

Funny. I always herd them called dairy farms. Not dairy ranches? Do dairy farms not have dairy cows? Never heard anybody call themselves a dairy rancher either. All the guys that I know with dairies call themselves dairy farmers?

 

[db4600]

Farming is like a government job.
You work 3 months a year and sit on the porch watching corn grow or the snow fly the rest of the year. Lol.

It’s easier in the winter time to get in there but in the summer time we really have to bend the brim on our free AI service cap to get our face in the mailbox to see if da gubment check is in dare!
(said with 100% sarcasm)

 

[JMOR]

Tgrasher;
You got to admit.
It is quite easy to get some peoples undies into a wad on this site.
I was thinking while I was typing the original post.
This ought to get some on this site going.

Wonderful, admirable intentions!

 

[rustred]

Funny. I always herd them called dairy farms. Not dairy ranches? Do dairy farms not have dairy cows? Never heard anybody call themselves a dairy rancher either. All the guys that I know with dairies call themselves dairy farmers?

i believe you are correct. a rancher only raises livestock ,... cattle to sell . so the dairy farmer would have to grow his own crops for his dairy herd . a farmer grows his own crops and also can have livestock. i picture a rancher as the livestock roaming all summer in uncultivated land and sold in the fall . he dont have anything to do with growing crops.

 

[tom upton]

i am punched in and have not looked for the time clock yet. been around the dirt with watching and learning as long as i can remember. my grandfather always would tell me " i will live till 100 " and he darn near did, only was 2 weeks short. those are the generation that opened up this country with an axe, dynamite and horses then tractors. at times i think that would be a much simpler life. you paid 10.00 for a quarter of land and went to it clearing it. look forward, then at the end of the day u looked at what u have accomplished. little by little things got done. don't think i will make 100 but sure would like to as too much to do yet.

My grandafther and two of his brothers went to somewere near Hudson Bay Sa. in the late 1800's with the promise of near free land. ALL you had to do was clear it and work it!! Dad told me my grandfather wasnt tough enough and came back to Ontario after only 1 year. His 2 brothers stayed and were somewhat successfull farmers. Dad had some pretty unbelievable storys about how hard it was for them that first winter. But at the end of the day both his brothers and my grandfather lived to a ripe old age. I think there are many reasons why in general farmers live longer than those in other occupations but the main one has to be they love there job so much they dont retire until they just cant do it anymore, thus staying active very late in your life. Now for those of us that work at another job and try to farm on the side maybe a different story??

 

[Rich'sToys]

Funny. I always herd them called dairy farms. Not dairy ranches? Do dairy farms not have dairy cows? Never heard anybody call themselves a dairy rancher either. All the guys that I know with dairies call themselves dairy farmers?

That's the way I've always known it.

 

[stevieb49829]

I think the only time a non first responder or non military government employee has worked a 20 hour day is when they turn their timecard in to get paid...

I'd like to take offense to that, although we may fit under the first responder exemption in Fixingfarmer's statement. It was not normal to work an 8 hr. shift on the fireline. I think my longest one was 42 hours, and shortest was 12. Normal was around 14-16. Wildland firefighting is not for the faint of heart. steve

 

[john in la]

i believe you are correct. a rancher only raises livestock ,... cattle to sell . so the dairy farmer would have to grow his own crops for his dairy herd . a farmer grows his own crops and also can have livestock. i picture a rancher as the livestock roaming all summer in uncultivated land and sold in the fall . he dont have anything to do with growing crops.

Not all dairy farms grow crops.
That is a northern thing mostly with less than 100 cows.
Even back in the 70’s our dairy farms were 100 to 300 cows a the only crop they grew was grass.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I'd like to take offense to that, although we may fit under the first responder exemption in Fixingfarmer's statement. It was not normal to work an 8 hr. shift on the fireline. I think my longest one was 42 hours, and shortest was 12. Normal was around 14-16. Wildland firefighting is not for the faint of heart. steve

You do you are exempt. Things we need are exempt. Sorry to offend

 

[stevieb49829]

You do you are exempt. Things we need are exempt. Sorry to offend

That was a little tongue-in-cheek of me. And I was working right alongside jarheads and grunts on some of the assignments. steve

 

[rustred]

Not all dairy farms grow crops.
That is a northern thing mostly with less than 100 cows.
Even back in the 70’s our dairy farms were 100 to 300 cows a the only crop they grew was grass.

so what did the cows eat in the winter?

 

[oliverkid]

Not all dairy farms grow crops.
That is a northern thing mostly with less than 100 cows.
Even back in the 70’s our dairy farms were 100 to 300 cows a the only crop they grew was grass.

I mean it’s a lot more than just a northern thing. There a literally millions of irrigated acres in the southern plains and southwestern states dedicated to growing feed for the dairies down there.