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Post by simangking on Aug 4, 2019 8:30:18 GMT -6
No one ever told me retirement was an option? I always figured you just dropped dead one day, and that's when your farming career end. And what's these vacation things people keep talking about? I don't understand the mindset of young farmers. The one's I know want to farm come hell or high water money - retirement be dammed. There's a young man that grew up with us and his dad is a good friend of mine from since high school. Dad owns a million a year plumbing company and wants to retire to Georgia and son wants to farm. It makes no sense to me to work like a dog till you die. I'll take as many vacations as I can for all you work a holics. Guess some have a fire that can't be quenched by anything else in this blasted world. |
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Post by dave on Aug 4, 2019 9:22:35 GMT -6
No one ever told me retirement was an option? I always figured you just dropped dead one day, and that's when your farming career end. And what's these vacation things people keep talking about? I don't understand the mindset of young farmers. The one's I know want to farm come hell or high water money - retirement be dammed. There's a young man that grew up with us and his dad is a good friend of mine from since high school. Dad owns a million a year plumbing company and wants to retire to Georgia and son wants to farm. It makes no sense to me to work like a dog till you die. I'll take as many vacations as I can for all you work a holics. You have to stay physically active every day. Do other wise and it is a quick trip to the grave. I don't like the idea of a couple hours on the treadmill everyday or jogging. I would rather stay busy doing something I enjoy. And there is a big difference between working like a dog and having enough to stay busy. |
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Post by cottagefarm on Aug 4, 2019 22:06:47 GMT -6
We missed it a lot for the first year. Then all hell broke loose for my Mom and we ended up, over the course of another year, spending months at a time in Florida to get her back in order. Meanwhile, my husbands health continues to deteriorate. We finally retired from construction a year ago so I started another business to keep us busy and make a little extra $. (We still work 7 days a week, but its from home now and more leisurely, with no more heavy lifting!)
We are fortunate enough to have several neighbors with cows, and one neighbor whose chickens come to see me regularly, so I have the enjoyment without the work and worry so I'm quite content now with not owning any  |
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Post by highgrit on Aug 5, 2019 5:28:25 GMT -6
We missed it a lot for the first year. Then all hell broke loose for my Mom and we ended up, over the course of another year, spending months at a time in Florida to get her back in order. Meanwhile, my husbands health continues to deteriorate. We finally retired from construction a year ago so I started another business to keep us busy and make a little extra $. (We still work 7 days a week, but its from home now and more leisurely, with no more heavy lifting!)
We are fortunate enough to have several neighbors with cows, and one neighbor whose chickens come to see me regularly, so I have the enjoyment without the work and worry so I'm quite content now with not owning any I hear that's another reason why grandkids are so special. |
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Post by texaspapaw on Aug 5, 2019 6:28:02 GMT -6
Am in the same boat also. Let some lease pasture go over last year or so and some more next year. By next year will probably be down to 30-40 cows unless find someone to custom graze some of mine. Can still buy and haul cows but running around several different places every day looking after things wears me out. Have 1 young man that will custom graze for me so hope that keeps me with a few more cows. Just can't get my head wrapped around not having any. Think would be bored out of what little mind I still have left. Will be selling all my last calf heifers and their calves this month but plan to buy more in fall/winter. Will have a couple of months without them so will see how crazy it makes me. Wife will probably insist on me getting some more cows just to get me out of her way in the house.
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Post by Jake on Aug 6, 2019 9:51:10 GMT -6
No one ever told me retirement was an option? I always figured you just dropped dead one day, and that's when your farming career end. And what's these vacation things people keep talking about? I don't understand the mindset of young farmers. The one's I know want to farm come hell or high water money - retirement be dammed. There's a young man that grew up with us and his dad is a good friend of mine from since high school. Dad owns a million a year plumbing company and wants to retire to Georgia and son wants to farm. It makes no sense to me to work like a dog till you die. I'll take as many vacations as I can for all you work a holics. There isn't a way to make it these days without being a workaholic. Ground doesn't pay for itself and start up costs are too damn high. I want to make sure my kids grow up around agriculture and the outdoors. I believe it will make them better people. And I'd like to "retire" to the farm by 45 and have 500 cows and a couple thousand acres of tillable to make a living on the rest of my life. Damn sure won't happen without a lot of work both at a full time job and farming. We take a vacation every year and I go elk hunting to make sure we enjoy some of the finer things. |
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