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Raised on a farm?

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See a lot of guy's on here just getting started with farming or wannabe farmers, who was raised or grew up on a farm,I was raised on a farm and still putz around with livestock, kinda in your blood if you know what I mean. P.S.nothing against wannabe farmers,cause I kinda am!
 
I"m also the fifth-generation in my family to farm here in Central Iowa. There were some generations beyond that that farmed out east and "across the pond". My Grandma, the family geneologist, knows for sure. I"ll have to ask her as I am curious now.

Iowa Farmer
 
Raised on a horse powered farm in Kansas. Left the farm to join the Navy and then became a telephone man. I do own three tractors now. Been a retired dingaling for twenty years.
John
 
My parents both grew up on farms. My Dad always wanted to live on the farm and my Mom preferred the city. We were half and half. Either lived at the farm and returned to the city and my parents business on weekends or lived in the city and spent weekends and holidays at the farm. It was the best of both.
 
Born and raised! Farm has been in the family since we came over here. Still own some of the original "homesteaded" land even. Wouldn't trade it for much of anything! Own 350 acres and rent an additional 1400 acres.
 
Our family farm is somewhere around 160+ years old, and sadly I don't think it'll make 175. I still want to farm and help Dad run the farm, but I now live 15 minutes away and it't not as conveinient to go home and help out anymore.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Was raised on a farm in the Appalachian mountains.
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Grew up on a farm in SW Iowa. Raised 1000 head of hogs farrow to finish plus 160 head of feeder cattle when growing up. Left at 18 years old to work in the city. I'm now retired to a remote town in Yukon Canada. But I own 440 acres of dirt. Gerald
 
Was raise on farm till got back from Service, then went to town getting jobs .. Wasn't enough work on farm for me { aleast that's what my brother told me } Still enjoy helping a farmer out ... w/ whatever ...
Have some older Case tractors that I play with now ..
Mark
 
I am a 3rd generation farmer, raised on a farm,farmed for 40 yrs, and lived on the same farm for 57 yrs. Now retired and living in a city of 5000.
 
My folks didn't have a farm, but there were 3 dairy farms, all milking around 70 within a half mile, and I made my presence known with regularity at all three. I started working for pay at thirteen and still worked at one of the farms evenings after getting home from my construction job after I turned 17. So farming was a big part of my growing up.
 
Been farmin' the same farm my great grandpa homesteaded in 1881 here in southern Mn. in what was known as the Big Woods area of southern Mn. I'm the 4th generation and will be the last, the kids don't want to farm and are making more money than I am.
 
Born in 42 Helped Dad with farming, when I was old enough. I joined the Navy in 64 when I got out in 68 Dad had stopped farming by then. Dad is gone, the farm is gone, All that's left is the home place, about 4 acres. Stan
 
Born on this farm in 58. Farmed for 5 years after high school. Rented land out and joined the Air Force 82-03. Moved back on the farm after retiring from AF and building a new house myself, all while working full time in town. Land has been rented to the same family since 82.
 
I was raised on a farm, Wife was raised on a farm. Now we live on a small piece of land that we farm and also rent some lland. I just finished a tasty steak we raised. And our kids enjoy farming thay are 8 and 10. jim
 
Kinda was - Dad and Mom both came from farning families but both became teachers after WW II. All of my uncles farmed and got to help them in the late 60's - 70's.
Folks sent me off to engineering school, my brother to pharmacy and my sister to nursing school - but we still get together at least 3-4 times a year. Folks are still going at late 80's and own a little ground - so guess that's why I have my Oliver's and a little JD compact to clear the snow and/or little horse poop!
Still miss the farming part though!
Thanks for the post
 
Both my parents where born and raised on farms and my dads family farm is still owned by one of my cousins. My moms family farm is now owned by who knows who. I was never raised on a farm but most of the time we lived close to farming areas and my dad being a preacher had many farm family in his church. When I was around 10 or so the teacher asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. I said a farmer and he said you would never be able to do that since we did not have or come from money. Well I now own a small farm and have a few animals and bale hay and sell the hay
 
Just a "wannabe", raised in the country but not on a farm. Grandparents on both sides farmed. Helped Grandpa a few times when young cultivating beans and picking corn. Something stuck. I"ve been collecting tractors and some equipment. Someday I"ll get the land and the puzzle will be complete. The old iron will get to "play in the dirt" once again.
 
I live on the farm where I was raised, and we have 4 others. One farm has been in the family since the 1850's, and this one since right after the Civil War. Most of the cropland has been rented out since my grandfather got disabled in the 70's. We had a nursery and raised several thousand bobwhite quail a year when I was growing up and my grandparents on the other side raised tobacco and we helped with that. My brother and I tend part of the farmland and have converted an old pecan orchard into pasture. He has recently moved home from a job 100 miles away so we are looking to expand our operation. We finish out cattle and raise hogs and direct market the meat. I also raise a couple of thousand layer pullets for sale each year and I have some broilers that I'll have processed in a few weeks. If they sell well, I will raise more and move them around on pasture with the cattle and hogs. We are in a sparsely populated area, but Raleigh, Wilmington, Fayetteville, Camp Lejeune, and Myrtle Beach are all within a reasonable driving distance.
 
Raised on this farm. Bought it from my parents when they could not any longer maintain it. My dad got it when his parents passed. If they were to come back they would never recognize it. Virtually every building has been replaced. But then they bought the place in 1907! So it's a centennial farm. When I was a kid we were dairy, chicken, pigs. Corn, oats, dry beans, hay and potatoes. Now we have Shetland Sheep, North American LLama, Angora Goats, and several breeds of rabbits. Grow hay and oats to feed critters.
 
Born and raised on dairy farm. Wife and I bought a farm in 75, farmed and milked cows there till 98. Then decided to downsize by buying a farm 200 miles away in northern wi. Now farm 280 acres, milk cows, hunt, make wood and move much slower.
 
Wish I had pix of me and my 2 cousins around 5 years old picking cotton in SC. Not an efficient operation at all. Sis has pix but won't give it to me, little daft, she is. We never learned a thing doing it. Sure was fun, though. Dave
 
My wife and I were both born and raised on farms. The house and original buildings on the farm where we have raised our two daughters, was where her father and mother raised there two girls, was built in 1916 for her paternal grandparents when the father-in-law was 3 years old. It was owned and built by her great grandparents. It is also a Century Farm in Clinton County, Iowa.
 
Raised on a poultry farm in Richland county, Ohio. I never got it out of my blood even though I only actually farm about 12 acres. There's just something about it!!
Paul
 
Raised on farm. Had chickens and sold eggs. Raised white faced herefords, Hampshire hogs, and sheep. Grew our own wheat, corn, hay and soy beans. Also had 3 gardens and did a lot of canning. Got married and left the farm. Took a job in town, BIG MISTAKE. Now I just raise a garden and restore J D Tractors. Life is good.
 
I was born and raised on a dairy farm . we milked 50 cows ,farmed 270 acres. dad is still farming that same 270 acres along with another 300 acres that he and his business partner own . they currently milk 100 cows in a parlor. i would give anything to get back to the farm and do that for a living than work in town. i have got a little hobby farm that i can piddle around with.
 
I was raised on a farm here in central IL. My dad is still farming. Actually still trying to get the 09 crop out. Almost there though.
 
Dad was raised on a tobacco farm in Cary, NC. From what I understand his Grandpa had one of the biggest tobacco farms in the area back then. So even though I was raised just in the country, but not on a farm, I was taught to work for the things I wanted and an appreciation for the things I had. That said even though I didn't grow up on a farm, my thing was working on tractors for the neighbors we had that did farm.
 
Dad was a draftsman for Motorola for several years. He bought his first farm in "68 when I was 5. Raised cattle, hogs, hay, wheat, soybeans and corn. Dad quit Motorola in "76 bought another 80 in addition to his 120 and went into full time farming. Increased hog operation, decreased cattle. After college, went to turning wrenches and found that my "busy time" was his as well. Lucky enough to have a younger brother to help more with the farm and I helped when I could. Dad got out of the cattle by "80, sold the 120 in "81 and bought a 160 that joined the 80. Dad got out of the hogs in the mid "90s and took on a small amount of rented ground close by. Dad turned 69 before Christmas and still cranks out the corn and soybeans. Sorry, I kinda got long winded there didn"t I!
 
Raised on a livestock grain farm. Started out milking Guernsey"s and ended up with Angus cattle and Hampshire"s. So far, been on a farm (xcept 3 yrs in the Army) for all my life
 
I was raised on a 240 acre purebred guernsey dairy farm in north central Illinois.Had a large flock of white rock layers and small herd of duroc hogs in addition to the dairy herd.The owners of the farm had a dairy processing plant on the farm which i ended up working in during the summers after 16 years old. I ran a machine which filled and capped glass milk bottles of all sizes mostly.When i was almost 18 i joined the USMC and sure was glad to get away from that milk plant.
 
Great Grandparents had grain and cattle farm on the river bottoms I was raised on till they retired and sold it when I was 15. Started helpn a farmer around mom and dads threw school who didnt have any interested kids and now I farm 2000 acres do a little hay and have a few cows myself
 
My Brother and I still farm my Mom's ground (Dad passed away), and also farm my Grandparents ground (my Dad's Dad) which is owned by an Aunt. No cattle anymore, but growing up we had over 200 head of stock cows, plus 1500 acres of farm ground. Calved through the early part of winter in Central Kansas. Made for some interesting nights in the winters. All I have to worry about now is one old Longhorn steer that I've had for several years. Well, that and a counterfeit horse my wife owns. lol!
 
I guess I would fall into the wannabe category. My grandparents farmed, but I did not grow up on a working farm. I teach in the summer and work on a farm in the summer. I am working towards getting a piece of property to raise beef steers (of which I currently keep at a friends farm). I hope to have a place for pasture and space to raise alfalfa. Have purchased tractors and implements but just missing the farm :) I am 26, so have some time to wait and work towards getting there! Great posting topic, very interesting to read!
 
I was born and raised on a Farm. In the Mississippi Delta, rice & soybeans mostly, some wheat or milo depending on price, right smack in the middle of cotton country with poor cotton land. And a mixed bag of farm animals that wanted feed all the time. Paul
 
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Taken 1n 1947 on parents 200 acre farm. That's the last time I've been on a Farmall since father traded for a Cockshutt 30. Oliver and Cockshutt tractors ever since then (except a lonely Ford 8N).
 
Yep,came home from the hospital to this house after I was born. Still live right here on the same farm. I think you could say I'm in a rut.
 
Born on a small farm, and I do mean born there, doctor came out to our house. I was 62 on Tuesday, went to a rural school. Started to school in town when I entered jr. high. Fell in love with those "town girls". Many times have felt blessed because I ended up with a farm girl.
 
Grew up on a 110 acre dairy farm, always liked the farming part, but the "dairy" part, not so much. Dad sold the cows in '61, when I was 13, and I raised some beef (that put me through college). Dad sold the farm in '72.

Married a city girl who desperately wanted to be a farmer- so we've been "part-timers" on a series of farms ever since- raised beef until '84, just horses since then. I've also done some "tractor jockeying" over the years, but kind of burned out on that now. We're both 61, will probably work in town until 65.
 
Bob, I'm curious - why do you keep "one old longhorn steer" for several years?

Paul
 
Born yesterday, 66 years ago, in the front seat of a Model T, in front of the farm house. Almost made it to town. Stayed there a few years after High School, since Dad was disabled- then military and college. Started from scratch in "72, about 30 miles from where I was raised. Dairy farm for 30 years, cash crop now, rent most out, farm some.
 
> why do you keep "one old longhorn steer" for several years?

I'm guessing for a lawn ornament.

Heard this story about longhorns on the radio the other day:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120823240

Kind of a different world.
Longhorn Cattle Are Prized By The Inch
 
"Wannabe farmer" here I guess. Up until I was 24, I had never sat in a tractor, touched a cow or lamb, never heard about hay 'cept hay fever. Didn't know what a combine was... I was a city boy who knew nothing about farming.

All that changed when I went a bit crazy and took out a lease on 135 acres. I figured only way to learn was to jump into it, so I bought a tractor, hay equip, post hole digger, etc., everything I needed to get some work done. Started doing all my own hay, then rented another 35 acres for extra crop. I learned everything I could from the forums like these, and from some helping hands when things broke and I didn't have the right tools to fix them.

I'm 26 now and I've picked up a lot of carpentry, welding, mechanical, electrical and other hands-on skills that I never would have dabbled in if I was always sitting behind a desk. I still have a lot to learn about farming but I'm here for the ride. I'm just trying to figure out how I can do this full-time without starving myself of course.

My parents, siblings and everyone around me know nothing about farming. Even the longtime farmer down the road thinks I'm crazy for doing this sort of thing with no experience, but he admits I walk the walk and talk the talk now. I just ain't a city boy anymore. Now we do some sport horse breeding, but I tend to my own with some sheep. This spring I'll have some chickens and a couple head of cattle to fill up the freezer with. I'm learning everyday. Farming is in my blood, I just never knew it.
 
I have had him since he was a calf. I used to have a handful of longhorns, and I kept him as a reminder of the past essentialy. He has 20 acres of good grass to roam, and gets fed like a darn baby, so he has a pretty good life. If you ever grew up around cattle, you would know the feeling of wanting one or so around to feed the addiction. Think about getting another one, or two, but seems silly to spend the money on feed. Neither me or my brother have any hay eqt left, and can"t hardly justify buying any for one head, plus the horse.
 
OK Bob, thanks for the reply - I kinda thought you had a good reason to keep him. He has a good life for sure.

I'd hate to be without cattle. I haven't gotten to the point that I don't like having them around, and they help keep the brush off of my steep hillsides.

Best wishes
Paul
 
Not a farm, but raised right here on our family's cattle ranch that my great-great-grandad homesteaded in the late 1870's.
 
My parents bought the place where I live now the fall I was born, 1967. We moved out here in 1976. Dad always farmed part time, at least until her retired. I got away from farming for a while but it kept calling me back.
 
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