Posted by tomNE on September 03, 2021 at 15:18:04 from (98.18.65.57):
In Reply to: What keeps you farming? posted by FrogCreekRanch on September 03, 2021 at 14:32:19:
It's how i made my living. I had no preconceived notions, i just put profit as my main objective and it never failed. No tilling was my first big change. It kept the fuel truck, tireman and the repair guy away from my place thru out my career. figured out what i could hire done, cheaper then i could do it myself, was the next big step. Then the big one, working with mother nature instead of fighting with her. Then cover crops and earthworms, which meant a big change in the way i looked at fertilizer. That led to me making sure all my topsoil stayed on my farm, no matter what mother nature tossed at me. Now i'm reaping the benefits. Retirement with a good renter who thinks like me and share renting, so everyone shares in the expenses and the profits. I interviewed 23 guys who wanted to farm my ground, another 50 were turned away before the interview.
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