Re: Suitcase farmers and dealing with them?

Posted by Case Nutty 1660 on May 08, 2019 at 08:49:27 from (162.252.129.7):

In Reply to: Suitcase farmers and dealing with them? posted by jocco on May 08, 2019 at 07:54:53:

Seen a good number of them here,, lots of what i call weekend wannabe farmers,, 3-10 acres,, I get a kick out of most of those,, but one story does come to mind,, in 1977 I worked for the local Ford tractor dealer,, around 78 or so we had ordered in a new FW-60 a guy came in said he wanted two more just like it,, but had been talking direct to Stieger and had a price already, they had cut him a deal on a order of three so we did not get the sale, I asked him that first day what he was doing with them, he told me in a very smug attitude that he was from Iowa and was here to show us dumb Wyoming people how to really farm, I then asked where he had bought land at,, when he told me where it was about 50 miles south of me in a area that had always been pasture and for a very good reason, its about 500' higher than where I am (over 5000ft), winter grains do not work there as they winter kill, I knew this from having farm ground close to where his place was and I told him to only grow spring crops, of course he said I did not have a clue what I was talking about and if I came down for a tour he would show me how the big boys do it. I wished him good luck and never again wasted a word of advice on him,, the first year he had crop he had to sell on of the big 4x4's off to pay his fuel and custom combining bills. the next year which was his third being on the place as the first year they tore up over 3000 acres of ground for fall planting he again had to sell a 4x4 for bills but that year he had no money for the bank loans so by spring he was foreclosed on,, by them,, they bank got back about 25% of the money he owed them selling all of the equipment at auction I was told,, it was over 20 years before they got the ground sold as no one wanted to give what was against it,, at the auction I did tell him to his face I was sure impressed how he showed us dumb Wyoming farmers how to do it,, he had zero comment and just walked away with his head down, I hate to see anyone lose like that and he was just one who lost big time on his venture, he never did pay the COOP for the fuel for part of the first and the second year he ran,, I have no idea how much the bank lost but heard it was bad.

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