Re: Costs of Farming

Posted by P Backus on October 03, 2006 at 09:34:15 from (69.128.32.37):

In Reply to: Re: Costs of Farming posted by Hard knocks on October 03, 2006 at 06:00:47:

I know what you are saying, but I"ll bet you don"t earn your
living with that equipment.
I am about 3/4 time farming (cash crop), although it"s basically
full time hours (maybe 80 or 90 hrs a week in summer, much
less in winter). I have always had other jobs for income, but as I
moved into more farming, I realized that I wasn"t going to be
able to earn any income with my Farmall H and 7" sickle.
I guess what I"m saying is that I don"t think that people with
newer equipment just rush to finish sooner so they can sit
around. Upgrading is necessary if you hope to be efficient. Did
you ever wonder why there are people farming 2-3000 acres or
more? It"s not because of greed or ego. It just that we"ve gotten
so efficient that the profit margins are so small per acre that you
need more acres just to survive. It"s fun to farm with all 1940s
equipment, but it won"t earn your living anymore unless you
grow a specialty crop like strawberries.
I don"t think one needs a $150,000 combine to do the job, but a
$1500 combine will cost you more that if you hired someone
else to do it.
Sorry for the rant, but these are issues that I"ve been dealing
with myself as I farm and do custom work. No, my equipment is
not new either.
Paul

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