Re: Teen Farmers ----- the new GENERATION

Posted by T_Bone on December 14, 2002 at 23:25:16 from (64.157.193.62):

In Reply to: Teen Farmers ----- the new GENERATION posted by Brad Wies on December 13, 2002 at 20:20:39:

Hi Brad,

There is another way to accopmlish what your seeking.

The info you learn form school is general info to the industry but you have something better, your Grandpa and your Great Grandpa's knowledge for that piece of land. No book in the world will tell you what these 5 generations have found to make the farm profitable. All the knowledge you learn from Grandpa will work, has worked, and will continue to work for that farm. Doesn't matter what the books say.

I'm not saying not to educate yourself but listen to Grandpa and Grandma first. If the books say different than Grandpa, listen to Grandpa as he's been working that land for 40yrs or so. Grandpa was taught by the previous generations. Then read all you can. You can buy the text books outright for the Ag courses. Since your not going to have to impress anyone with a resume from a fancy school since your goal is to work on the family farm. Now if your dedicated enough you can study on your own each night just like night school. The 2 hrs travel to get to the school and back is two hours of study time at home. There also night school available is most counties.

The reason I suggest this method, Grandpa is going to retire one of these days very shortly and you have alot of learning to accomplish before he does retire. Ask tons of questions.

You will learn alot from Grandpa, so much that you will probably miss alot the first time around. I would tape record all the general farm conversastions with Grandpa so you can go back as a refference from time to time and pick up on what you missed the first, second, etc; time around. You need to talk with him each night atleast for one hour if not more. You also need to work side by side with him to learn his and the land ways. Grandpa may not be totaly correct but he has made a living from that farm for a lot of years so he doing something right.

Watch which books you read and believe in. A book written by one man is just one mans opinion. A book published buy a group sometimes contains more useful and correct info. The group usually has more money to spend on research and development to prove a working method than one person does.

Always follow how Grandpa farmed. If you have a new idea, then try a small test plot to prove your new idea. If the new idea works then consider a larger test plot. If Grandpa is still around besure and get his opinion as the "family" may have already tried that new idea.

You have a ton of learning to accomplish in the next 10yrs so you better make up your mind now that it's going to take alot of hard dedicated work and time to make sure you surrive farming.

Good luck to you!

T_Bone

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