The meeting we had today was mainly the mechanics of things not the "big" picture type of meeting.
Example: They did not know exactly how the electric was ran to different barns and silos. This type of deal. Where the different water shut offs are in the ground for the different runs/lines. Mainly the things that have been installed over a forty year period as the farm has changed.
They had ideas for how they want to change some of the mechanical stuff in the future. So they did have input.
The thing is until just this fall they all had off farm jobs. The youngest and older of these three still do. So they where not around during the day for all the little things you do just while walking around the farm on a daily basis. Lots of little things that you just check out.
Another example: The one cattle shed is open to the southeast. It is square barn with the shed/open side on the southeast. There is no dividing wall. There is hay stored on the north-west side of this barn with sliding doors that close the barn up. If there is a storm with winds from the south-east. I unlatch the doors and have three foot chains that you attach to the doors that let them swing open to allow the building to dump the static air pressure. If you do not do this the doors have split the cross members an exploded out and up over the roof. The rest of the time you want them closed because the wind whips in rain and snow from the other directions if the swing chains are on the doors.
On the big picture type of things we have been working on that for 4-5 years. The older two already own their own land/farms. The youngest is working on getting his grub steak together. Also now is not the time to be buying. It is a pretty good bet that he can buy land cheaper down the road.
My oldest son has his own operation other than joint owned equipment. He also has a real good off farm job. He purchased his in-law's farm ground. He and I where not far enought apart in age for that type of transaction to work for us. He is forty-five and bought the land twelve years ago. I would have only been 51 and not ready to sell or step aside at all then. Matter of fact I could not have as the farm still had debts to pay off.
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