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Re:What nobody told me about small farming: I can’t make a l... by vermontdevil on Friday January 01, 2016 @07:21PM (#10824302)
No still owns it. Rents it out now. But the ups and downs of income from farming made him work two jobs. Some years the crops brought in good money. Some years nothing. He managed to saved enough so he can retire.

But he told me he thinks 200 acres is the bare minimum to see some money if you are smart about it. The more acres the better obviously. And the farmer in the article only has 10???

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Re:What nobody told me about small farming: I can’t make a l... by vacri on Friday January 01, 2016 @08:34PM (#10824509)
On the other hand, farmers will always find a way to complain. I was reading a farming rag from a nearby town, and the canola crop was a bumper one, the best year ever. Response from the farmers? "Yeah, well with so much canola on the market, the unit price will be down"

Don't get me wrong, farming is hard work, but the farmers I've encountered rarely have much positive to say about their work particulars. A bit like sysadmins, really.

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Re:What nobody told me about small farming: I can’t make a l... by vermontdevil on Saturday January 02, 2016 @05:48PM (#10828379)
ha I guess a complaining farmer is a happy farmer?
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