What kind of farm?

[mlauk]

Beef cattle and hay in NorthEast Texas

 

[Interlaux]

This will be the 1st year the old family watermelon operation has been tried in over 25 years - plan on just 2 acres - have around 50 cleared that I just keep mowed - gotta know can I do "it" (TAMU says 10K/acre gross) with:

JD4610
JD3140
fiat56
2 beehives
can do attitude

 

[Bigfoot62]

Cattle, goats, and hay. Over 100 acres total, 60 acres in hay production.

 

[spruce Deere]

Great topic. I would also suggest you add how many acres you are working and if this is your primary income. I believe many of the CUT owners with fervor would like to know the realities.

I was raised in N. Illinois farm country. Corn and Soy Beans pretty much dominate the crops there. I know, I could never afford to invest in what it would take to farm full time there.

MarkV

REALITIES
I know its not beans, wheat, cows, hay, horse manure or horse raddish but my 26 acres of nursery stock trees is not a CUT fervor.... or do you mean fever... Its a crop no different than other crops, I'm not the neighborhood CUT cowboy you are thinking of...... My 790 is a primary tillage and work tool.

As a primary income.... I try to be more liquid than all my eggs in that basket, I was merely answering the topic question... What kind of farm.

My point is, it takes a considerable amount of capital and time to produce ANY quality, grown product. NOT what type of crop, or how many thousands of acres was handed down generation to generation or the HP of the tractors or pieces of machinery one has.

The REALITIES are one acre or one million acre, a farm is a farm. Its not the size of implements or crop being grown.

 

[farmernate24]

IMO if you call yourself a farmer, then you're a farmer. It's more a state of mind than a quantitative measure.

 

[MarkV]

REALITIES
I know its not beans, wheat, cows, hay, horse manure or horse raddish but my 26 acres of nursery stock trees is not a CUT fervor.... or do you mean fever... Its a crop no different than other crops, I'm not the neighborhood CUT cowboy you are thinking of...... My 790 is a primary tillage and work tool.

As a primary income.... I try to be more liquid than all my eggs in that basket, I was merely answering the topic question... What kind of farm.

My point is, it takes a considerable amount of capital and time to produce ANY quality, grown product. NOT what type of crop, or how many thousands of acres was handed down generation to generation or the HP of the tractors or pieces of machinery one has.

The REALITIES are one acre or one million acre, a farm is a farm. Its not the size of implements or crop being grown.

Sure didn't intend to imply that the small producer did not have the same issues as the big producer. How much does it cost in equipment investment, product production costs and is there a profit left. That is how any business runs.

I also would never try to put down anyone that was trying to produce food for themselves or for sale regardless of the size of their holdings.

Not sure how I hit a nerve but I apologize.

MarkV

 

[MMagis]

REALITIES
I know its not beans, wheat, cows, hay, horse manure or horse raddish but my 26 acres of nursery stock trees is not a CUT fervor.... or do you mean fever... Its a crop no different than other crops, I'm not the neighborhood CUT cowboy you are thinking of...... My 790 is a primary tillage and work tool.

As a primary income.... I try to be more liquid than all my eggs in that basket, I was merely answering the topic question... What kind of farm.

My point is, it takes a considerable amount of capital and time to produce ANY quality, grown product. NOT what type of crop, or how many thousands of acres was handed down generation to generation or the HP of the tractors or pieces of machinery one has.

The REALITIES are one acre or one million acre, a farm is a farm. Its not the size of implements or crop being grown.

I think you may be jumping to the wrong conclusions.

 

[spruce Deere]

Sorry Mark V for the rant, lots of people think a CUT is a hobby item and seemed a person farming with a CUT is 'un-aware' of realities.....

I am a farmer, no live stock or hay no beans, watermelons or wheat.

I grow trees that beautifully grace yards and parks that provide a cool spot in the shade for pick-niks or naps, guard against winds, snow drifts and buffer noise.

A nursery stock grower, nurseryman or tree propagation specialist, I'm a tree farmer.

 

[Konacoffeefarmer]

New to this just thought I would chime in. We grow coffee in hawaii (Kona). Have 91ac 44ac in coffee. It's our sole income and just like any other farm **** hard making the margins meet. It's a labor of love and hats off to all the other farmers on here. We also have a farm on the other side of the island 25ac 2ac in coffee 3ac garden where we grow taro, #9 sweet corn, beans, peanuts and sweet potatoes and and lots of other veggies. It's great we can grow all year round here. Some of our tomato plants are 3 years old. We also grow macadamia nuts, bananas, 10 varieties of avocados, cinnamon, citrus, allspice, tea and a few other things I can't remember right now.

JD2305
YM336d
2 scag tiger cats 61"

 

[spruce Deere]

Love the Kona coffee:drool:

A co-workers son had brought some coffee from Hawaii and gave me a sample, Kona sunrise I believe the flavor was called by Hawaiian Isle kona coffee co. He might have even worked for you, Cause he picked avocados on a farm for work, in between the times he spent diving......