Who here is an actual farmer?

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

What do you farm? How do you like it? How's life? Are you organic? Do you have a Ferrari? Anything else noteworthy about your farming career/life?

For me, farming is where my passion for landscape design meets my passion for the culinary arts. It's perfect. But, I'm not really a farmer yet. I just live here.

And I think that if you do stuff in an awesome manner, you can actually rake some paper at it, even during an economic depression.

 

[chocolate m'scovy]

We have turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, pair of pigs, four-and-a-half goats. It's usually interesting, the day-to-day chores can become mundane but it's usually refreshing to see all the happy animals.

What's a Ferrari? A type of hamster?

Some of our friendly EE hens roost on our porch.

You can walk outside at night and announce "Hello Everybody! " and the pair of Narragansett toms in front of the house will start gobbling.

Do "chickens" and "culinary arts" have something in common?

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

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I guess i qualify as a farmer. Most of our income comes from our farm and all of mine does. Life can be pretty boring at times not being able to leave the farm on vacation and if we do get away nail biting that the animals are not being taken care of the way they should. Organic.... we wish to expensive to start

Ferrari... wouldn't go that far an ford truck works

Not really much note worth other than the farm has been around for over 75 years now doing different parts of the chicken business. Other than that sheep are a nice distraction from all the feathers but are a chore when it comes to lambing season

 

[Katy]

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We are full time farmers. 100% of our income comes from the grains we grow and our cow herd. It's the only thing either of us has ever known or done and we wouldn't trade it. No, we're not organic. A Ferrari?!?! I drive a 10 year old van and our newest pick-up is 9 years old.....the oldest is 31 years.

 

[randrandrew]

I am a dairy farmer, 1400 in milk cows, 350 replacement hefiers, 375 weaned hefier calves and 30 Bulls. So I think this qualifys me.

 

[joedie]

Mine is a sustainable farm. I breed and raise donkeys, organic heirloom garden to sustain my family and daughters, raise Scottish Highland cattle and of course the chickens both laying hens and meaties.

 

[Gypsy07]

My boyfriend is a part time farmer, if that doesn't sound silly. And I'm a part time farm wench. We both have other day jobs. He's a trucker and I'm a nightshift courier. We have a small herd of beef cows (mostly Aberdeen Angus and Angus crosses) and 120 acres that we use to make our own silage. This year we also planted two acres of turnips, for feeding the cows in the winter, and for us to eat as well. In the summer he does agricultural contracting work for neighbouring farms and I help out here and there driving a tractor and running bales when he's really busy. We're almost organic in that we don't use fertilisers or chemicals but we're not 'officially' organic, because getting full organic certification here in the UK is a long process and the paperwork is more bother than it's worth for us with our small herd. We also have a pair of geese, a dozen horses (paying boarders!), and I have a dozen chickens. No Ferraris here, just a bright yellow Dodge Ram pickup. Run-of-the-mill in the US but fairly rare over here...

 

[herfrds]

We are full time farmers/ranchers. 100% of our income is from our place.
We raise hard red winter wheat, malt barley and hay barley. Our herd is commercial Herefords.

Love it.
No we are not organic.
The roads would tear up a Ferrari. waste of money. Give me a good pickup any day.

Figure your lucky if you break even at the end of the year.

 

[jerseygirl1]

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Wow, that is just so great

 

[bayshorek9]

we farm for a living, actually run 3 farms. raise to breed of cattle. 30 head, 20 head of horses and ponies. Also herd of hair sheep and meat goats. Plus poultry and and 2 show dog kennel about 100 dogs. Frank At Bayshoekennels and Farms