farm in two hemispheres?

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2008

The post below about who has the biggest farm has me wondering if any farmers farm in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Finish harvest here, get on a jet, fly to say Argentina and start right in planting down there. I think some seed development programs may do that.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2008

the equator

thurlow · Dec 12, 2008

Know nothing of the details, but I understand that some local farmers also own property in SA.......Brazil, I think; I have no idea how it is managed.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 12, 2008

OK I'm sure some farmer can probably stand with a foot in each hemishpere.

Chris in SK · Dec 12, 2008

I remember in the UK hearing about a guy that farmed there and in Australia, and would fly between the two. I would think that's a pretty stressful way of life unless your really well set up.
Chris

Spook · Dec 12, 2008

There is a coop that grows bluberries and other fruit in the US and Chile. Gives them year round product.

IaGary · Dec 12, 2008

Timing would be a little tough for 1 guy.

When you are harvesting here you should be down there planting and visa versa.

Gary

Bill(Wis) · Dec 12, 2008

A fellow in Indiana sold his farm and bought a huge tract of farmland in Brazil. He left Indiana though. Problem is, they grow two crops annually in Brazil. The southernmost point in Brazil has a climate that approximates that of Miami, FL. They grow all kinds of crops in Brazil but he did soybeans in their summer (our winter) and corn in their winter. Many places in northern Brazil are a little too hot for corn. By alternating corn and soybeans they claim to be doing a "rotation". Thing is, they're doing it in half the time we do.

jwal10 · Dec 12, 2008

My Dad owned a farm in Maine and got tired of all the snow and cold weather so he bought a farm in Oregon. In the fall he would plow the ground and plant oats and plant winter rye on the potato and cannery pea ground for cover crop in Maine. Then load his Farmall H and 2-16" plow on a trailer behind his 1938 IHC 1 ton truck with a home built camper and drive to Arizona where he would plow for vegetable farmers and spend the winter where it was warm and dry. Drive to Oregon in the spring, plant oats, wheat, potatoes and silage corn here running the H 24 hours a day. Then be in Maine to plant potatoes and cannery peas when the ground thawed, Harvest the crops and start the seasons over. This was during the war and his oldest son ran the dairy in Oregon. He would have a good winter vacation in Arizona and farm on both coasts. He did this from 1940 to 1947....James

dwrk · Dec 12, 2008

Got distant cousins that farm both in Saskatchewan and Australia. 4 brothers, one lives full time in Saskatchewan, one in Australia, the other two float back and forth depending on season.

Anonymous-0 · Dec 13, 2008

would the leaves be falling in the northern paddock and new shoots in the southern.?

Anonymous-0 · Dec 13, 2008

I was in Argentina in November and the corn was up 6 inches in some places and the beans were up as well. You"d have to really get things finished up early here if you were going to be planting in September there.

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