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    From Tortillaretreat@VERT/CIAD to All on Sat Jan 23 19:26:31 2021
    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or livestock give me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering just living a rural farming life.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Tortillaretreat on Sat Jan 23 23:07:32 2021
    Re: Farming Tips
    By: Tortillaretreat to All on Sat Jan 23 2021 07:26 pm

    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or livestock give me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering just living a rural farming life.


    you are looking in the wrong place dude. we run bbses. this isnt farmer's corner.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to TORTILLARETREAT on Sun Jan 24 09:44:00 2021
    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or livestock giv
    me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering just living
    a rural farming life.


    There is a fellow on here who goes by the handle of Arelor. He keeps livestock, but also lives in Spain.


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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Tortillaretreat on Sun Jan 24 12:49:00 2021
    Hello Tortillaretreat!

    ** On Saturday 23.01.21 - 19:26, Tortillaretreat wrote to All:

    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or
    livestock give me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering just living a rural farming life.

    Try to find yourself a copy of this:

    You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a
    Farming Enterprise | Paperback

    Joel Salatin

    Technology & Engineering / Agriculture - Organic / Agriculture -
    Sustainable Agriculture / Business & Economics /
    Entrepreneurship

    Published Jun 1, 1998
    $35.00 US / $49.95 CA list price

    My family moved out of the city in the late 60's when I was
    turning 9. We started farm operations. It was not fully
    sustainable without some kind of outside income.


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Dumas Walker on Sun Jan 24 17:54:30 2021
    Re: Farming Tips
    By: Dumas Walker to TORTILLARETREAT on Sun Jan 24 2021 09:44 am

    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or livestock giv
    me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering just living
    a rural farming life.


    There is a fellow on here who goes by the handle of Arelor. He keeps livestock, but also lives in Spain.


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    Yeah, but I don't make a living out of it either.

    If you plan to make business with this sort of thing you need 40-50 cows minimum. I don't know how much surface you need if you want to get into corn, because the prices keep getting lower each year and I have lost count.

    If you want to get a domestic harvest started, maybe try to see which kind of plants grow well in your area, then investigate how to conservate it after harvesting, and then plant a whole ton of it. In my case it is potatoes and tomatoes. You risk going bored ( I actually don't because I love potatoes) but you are not going hungry.

    I don't keep livestock for comsumption or anything. If you keep big numbers of big animals you are up to a logistic nightmare because you have to secure pasture deals each year and supplement that with bales of hay. Hay takes a lot of room to store and you have to secure a hay deal each year too. Most rural grandpa's here just keep a bunch of hens or rabbits. Hens in particular are nice because they lay eggs and you can feed them vegetable leftovers. Problem is eagles and foxes think hens are also nice to have as lunch.

    If you have any specifig issue you need advice with, just ask... I am not great at giving generic advice :-)


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Arelor on Sun Jan 24 22:41:58 2021
    Re: Farming Tips
    By: Arelor to Dumas Walker on Sun Jan 24 2021 05:54 pm

    Re: Farming Tips
    By: Dumas Walker to TORTILLARETREAT on Sun Jan 24 2021 09:44 am

    Hello, people. Does anyone here with experience in agriculture or >>livestock
    giv
    me some beginner tips? At this point in the world, I'm considering
    just living
    a rural farming life.


    There is a fellow on here who goes by the handle of Arelor. He keeps
    livestock, but also lives in Spain.


    * SLMR 2.1a * Wind in my hair - shifting and drifting...


    Yeah, but I don't make a living out of it either.

    If you plan to make business with this sort of thing you need 40-50 cows minimum. I don't know how much surface you need if you want to get into corn, because the prices keep getting lower each year and I have lost count.


    well i've worked with a few guys over the years that have a job as a cnc machinist AND run a farm. the first person i met was a real hard worker. he would get right out of work and then be in bed after 12am. there's another guy my current job who has a small farm. dont know much about that.

    all i know is it's hard work and you have to have your shit together or it's going to cost you. and with the changes in the usa that biden has made ALREADY, farmers are complaining.
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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Arelor on Mon Jan 25 08:28:00 2021
    Hello Arelor!

    ** On Sunday 24.01.21 - 17:54, Arelor wrote to Dumas Walker:

    If you plan to make business with this sort of thing you
    need 40-50 cows minimum. ...

    I don't keep livestock for comsumption or anything. If you
    keep big numbers of big animals you are up to a logistic
    nightmare because you have to secure pasture deals each year
    and supplement that with bales of hay.

    There is a fellow up the road from me, who would just raise
    modestly young calves starting in the Spring and then just sell
    them on the market before Winter. That way, he didn't have to
    endure the hardship of the cold months and extra hay. I thought
    that was pretty smart. He seemed to do quite alright by
    himself.

    My family slugged through raising livestock all through the
    Winter. The work was constant, and very demanding.


    Hens in particular are nice because they lay eggs and you
    can feed them vegetable leftovers. Problem is eagles and
    foxes think hens are also nice to have as lunch.

    Chickens and hens need a good enclosure for the night. During
    the daytime, a dog on the premises could detract the eagles and
    foxes.

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