Does such farming still exist, or do farmers now have their fingers in multiple pies and have multiple sources of income? My imagination of farming is still like the ye old days. Farmer takes a loan from big wig banker. Buys seeds and equipment. Sows, grows and harvests. Then sells it to some evil corporation for pennies and pays off the loan. If the harvest is bad....then land has to be sold.

You ever tried farming not high? It's boring as sh*t!

Multiple pies

In 2018 or whenever that stupid game was popular, then answer was that the "farmers" charge their phone.

lancevance said:

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Does such farming still exist, or do farmers now have their fingers in multiple pies and have multiple sources of income? My imagination of farming is still like the ye old days. Farmer takes a loan from big wig banker. Buys seeds and equipment. Sows, grows and harvests. Then sells it to some evil corporation for pennies and pays off the loan. If the harvest is bad....then land has to be sold.

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Lots of government insurance policies to protect farmers if they have a bad crop. I'm not sure how it works, but basically, if the crop fails and the farmers did their paperwork correctly, they still get paid

F#$&@ing

find an empty grain bin and sing

They youtube for money.

See
Millennial farmer
How farms work
Weller farms
Cole the cornstar
And on and on and on

Lots of them also raise livestock.

You take out a loan to get you through to harvest, then you pay it off when you sell your crop.


As far as insurance goes - there are certain things that dont qualify for a payout. Generally speaking, a bad crop year isnt grounds for your insurance paying out. Having your crop hailed out or high winds completely destroy it is grounds to have insurance pay out, given that at least x% of the crop was destroyed. This also varies on if you insure each field, or if you insure your crop as a whole (one field may be a total loss, but the rest of your crops 2 miles away may be fine). If you insured each field, insurance will pay out on that field. If you decided to save money and insured your crop/farm as a whole, you likely wont get a payout because not enough was a total loss (and keep in mind that it's not a 100% payout - commodity prices change daily)

Judging by the results of the game today, I can definitely say that farmers don't fight.

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You take out a loan to get you through to harvest, then you pay it off when you sell your crop.


As far as insurance goes - there are certain things that dont qualify for a payout. Generally speaking, a bad crop year isnt grounds for your insurance paying out. Having your crop hailed out or high winds completely destroy it is grounds to have insurance pay out, given that at least x% of the crop was destroyed. This also varies on if you insure each field, or if you insure your crop as a whole (one field may be a total loss, but the rest of your crops 2 miles away may be fine). If you insured each field, insurance will pay out on that field. If you decided to save money and insured your crop/farm as a whole, you likely wont get a payout because not enough was a total loss (and keep in mind that it's not a 100% payout - commodity prices change daily)

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There are federal programs that include yield-based protection.

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Lots of them also raise livestock.

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This. Wife's family has a 3000+ acre farm in Iowa, and in addition to corn and beans, they have multiple pig houses and a lot of cattle.

They have a hired hand who lives in one of the houses on the property with his family who is a diesel mechanic on the side. He gives them a cut of it for use of shops and tools.

It's interesting how in East of Eden, all the farmers mentioned were balling. The story starts out with describing how the land was rather dry and rocky, and most farmers were struggling. But here comes Mr. Moneybags with his inheritence money and buys up a huge piece of land and wants to turn it into an "Eden".

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You take out a loan to get you through to harvest, then you pay it off when you sell your crop.

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So are most people responsible, borrowing only what they need, or are the irresponsible ones spending the borrowed money on Gucci covered Ford F450 and Versace bags?

Most are Democrats sucking the government teet

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histag10 said:

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You take out a loan to get you through to harvest, then you pay it off when you sell your crop.

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So are most people responsible, borrowing only what they need, or are the irresponsible ones spending the borrowed money on Gucci covered Ford F450 and Versace bags?

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Dont know many farmers do you?

If you start small and grow slowly, you don't have to borrow money or ask the government for anything.

Farmers fight.

This is the time of year all my farmer friends go on vacation. Neighbor is headed to Colorado next week.

tk for tu juan said:

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find an empty grain bin and sing

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I'm guessin' that's your partner in the woodchipper?

Take this post to the Farming Forum!

Most farmers I know that were really looking towards the future are into plastics in the offseason.

Most farmers are not damn democrats.o

Most farmers I know retired after the eagle ford boom and now just farm for fun and buy guns and ammo and drink and shoot **** all day. Many have arsenals larger than some small countries.

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Most farmers are not damn democrats.o

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lol - yeah tell antifa to come on over for a visit. It wouldn't last long.

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This is the time of year all my farmer friends go on vacation. Neighbor is headed to Colorado next week.

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Must not be cotton farmers...

I have family that farm. Multiple pies. They farm to keep the family farm alive, but the wind turbines pay the bills.

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B-1 83 said:

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This is the time of year all my farmer friends go on vacation. Neighbor is headed to Colorado next week.

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Must not be cotton farmers...

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They are. Cotton has been out since the first of August, and stalks are destroyed.

Gric said:

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Most farmers are not damn democrats.o

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I think the joke was about them getting paid to do nothing (ya know, subsidies and all) - like a Democrat.

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histag10 said:

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B-1 83 said:

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This is the time of year all my farmer friends go on vacation. Neighbor is headed to Colorado next week.

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Must not be cotton farmers...

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They are. Cotton has been out since the first of August, and stalks are destroyed.

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The valley? Most other places in Texas are just now starting to strip/pick cotton. Austin area may already have their crops out, too.

http://www.onlyfarmers.com

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B-1 83 said:

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histag10 said:

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B-1 83 said:

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This is the time of year all my farmer friends go on vacation. Neighbor is headed to Colorado next week.

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Must not be cotton farmers...

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They are. Cotton has been out since the first of August, and stalks are destroyed.

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The valley? Most other places in Texas are just now starting to strip/pick cotton. Austin area may already have their crops out, too.

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Corpus

Makes sense. My family farms in west texas. They are just getting ready to start stripping. Same around BCS.