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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
 Apr 17 2006, 02:40 PM
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been milling around the idea of having some sort of life where I am neither sitting behind a desk, nor being shot at.
tossing the idea around of being a farmer. yesterday (Easter) I visited my family in childress and you know my uncle who's been farming 45 years seems pretty content and happy with his life. thoughts on farming? edit: the boards are dead as fuck |
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Apr 17 2006, 02:59 PM
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go for it, if you farm the right shit you can make big bucks
as soon as my business is successful i'm building a house waaaay out in the country without electrical outlets and electricity, i'm gonna farm all my own food, and live off the land |
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Apr 17 2006, 03:02 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
become a rancher. ranch exotic animals.
like black palm cockatoos. those sell for 16k a pop. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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Apr 17 2006, 03:09 PM
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The exotic animals is actually a cool idea... You could do things like Emu, zebras, etc.
I don't know if I'd farm cotton. Maybe soy or corn, that way you can sell it for ethanol or food. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Apr 17 2006, 03:33 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
smaller organic farms are making pretty good profits and growing vegetables and such is a lot less stress than a large scale cotton crop
its a lot of money to begin and sustain a farm until you make enough profits in order to simply cut out using your savings. i know some people who have retired from the corporate life to live on farms and they've said it was really hard but now they are really happy plus i think the land is just beautiful and i know a lot of people get more out of their work and labor if its something like farming or raising animals hope you have some good investments though. i have a base knowledge in farming but i know a lot more about livestock /being jealous -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Apr 17 2006, 04:26 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock or the sticks Member No.: 58 |
my family has been farming for 40+ years. I wouldn't trade it for the world. But, I don't think it's for everyone.
I just got back to Lubbock so I will say more later. Oh, and Stephan(?), why wouldn't you farm cotton? No way in hell I would ever farm corn. We've done that the past 10 years and it's not worth it. The soybean market is touch and go as well. Some years it's great, others not so much. |
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Apr 17 2006, 04:27 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Apr 17 2006, 03:40 PM) been milling around the idea of having some sort of life where I am neither sitting behind a desk, nor being shot at. tossing the idea around of being a farmer. yesterday (Easter) I visited my family in childress and you know my uncle who's been farming 45 years seems pretty content and happy with his life. thoughts on farming? edit: the boards are dead as fuck That's the whole reason I'm trying to get a field engineering job with Halliburton or Schlumberger or Weatherford or Baker Hughes or something after I graduate. I cannot fucking stand working desk jobs. -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Apr 17 2006, 11:44 PM
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i don't know shit about farming
maybe fruit picking is in my blood, i dunno, but i'v enever farmed, nor worked on a farm -------------------- |
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Apr 17 2006, 11:45 PM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
QUOTE (woody @ Apr 17 2006, 11:44 PM) i don't know shit about farming maybe fruit picking is in my blood, i dunno, but i'v enever farmed, nor worked on a farm same -------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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Apr 17 2006, 11:50 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
i'll leave the "lol grow weed" jokes alone.
grow those baby corn thingies, those are fucking good. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Apr 17 2006, 11:58 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
I took care of my great uncle's farm in Vernallis, CA between my junior and senior year of high school. Honestly I missed the technology and having a lot more there whenever you wanted it. Work was hard sometiems, but othertimes I had plenty of extra time. I really don't see myself running a farm when older. My expereince was limited, but I learned a lot.
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Apr 18 2006, 06:43 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
live in the mountains and have an apple orchard. Or get a vinyard and produce fine wine. That would be "a walk in the clouds"...
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Apr 18 2006, 07:06 AM
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QUOTE (Jen @ Apr 17 2006, 04:26 PM) Oh, and Stephan(?), why wouldn't you farm cotton? No way in hell I would ever farm corn. We've done that the past 10 years and it's not worth it. The soybean market is touch and go as well. Some years it's great, others not so much. What's cotton going for these days? I'm guessing it's $.50 or around there but diesel is selling for near $3.00 a gallon. It just doesn't profitable to me. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Apr 18 2006, 07:15 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
i thought cotton was selling good. roommate inherited half the farm his uncle works, and he said he was banking pretty good this year.
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Apr 18 2006, 08:15 AM
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 Never fear, citizen, Art Major Man is here! Group: Agents Posts: 415 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Here Member No.: 47 |
I farm all the Time, usually just cloth which sells really well or, more so lately , lvl 17-20 items, 1g each on.....
Wait, wrong thread. -------------------- Where do we start?
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Apr 18 2006, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Apr 18 2006, 07:15 AM) i thought cotton was selling good. roommate inherited half the farm his uncle works, and he said he was banking pretty good this year. Maybe I am mistaken. Need to check the prices... -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Apr 18 2006, 09:13 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Apr 18 2006, 07:15 AM) i thought cotton was selling good. roommate inherited half the farm his uncle works, and he said he was banking pretty good this year. yay -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Apr 18 2006, 09:31 AM
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 Decepticon Commander Group: Members Posts: 269 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock Member No.: 44 |
this years cotton crop was good, yes, mainly because there was no rain for what, 4-5 months?
i dunno about banking pretty good, but at least it got my car fixed and bills paid 
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Apr 18 2006, 09:33 AM
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thanks for the input. I know about the exotics...my uncle has some ostriches and the eggs bring in good cash. also, out by chilicothe I saw a large herd of camels...fuckin camels? I guess there's a market...
basically here's the situation... my uncle has a shitton of land. been farming it ~40 years. no idea how much really, but I do know he farms cotton mainly, some soy and corn, and leases out 6,000 acres to deer/turkey hunters. he said that last year he made just as much money leasing the hunting land as he did from crops. crazy... regardless, he's like 60 now. his eldest son died when he and I were working at my dad's warehouse and a forklift fell over on him. my younger cousin is a "rocker" and not interested in taking over the farm at all. so it's like wtf do you do with a big ass farm with no one to take it over? then there's me.  I dunno how much childress would get to me though...I mean I kinda grew up there always visitng the grandparents and all that, but I would always return to the LBK or amarillo. I guess I could build a nice ramp, have an empty pool, an mx track and jumps and , and grow some kb to keep me occupied in the free time. skateboarding farmer...I would probably be lynched. |
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Apr 18 2006, 09:35 AM
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You could really focus on the hunting aspect of things then. Lease the land but also keep it stocked with cool animals, then you can charge more $$$. You could build some lodges on it and be a guide as well.
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Apr 18 2006, 10:57 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Xentither @ Apr 18 2006, 08:15 AM) I farm all the Time, usually just cloth which sells really well or, more so lately , lvl 17-20 items, 1g each on..... Wait, wrong thread. 
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Apr 18 2006, 11:41 AM
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I dont get it?
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Apr 18 2006, 11:48 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Apr 18 2006, 11:41 AM) I dont get it? "Farming" items in World of Warcraft... that's what he was talking about. I.E. going out and killing bunches of monsters just to get items to sell on the auction house. -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2006, 11:48 AM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
gay
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Apr 18 2006, 11:56 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Apr 18 2006, 11:48 AM) gay That he said that or that I knew what he meant? -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2006, 12:14 PM
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oh...I'm ignorant about the wow thing.
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Apr 18 2006, 12:28 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Apr 18 2006, 12:14 PM) oh...I'm ignorant about the wow thing. It's all good. You're not missing out on anything. -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2006, 01:01 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Apr 18 2006, 12:56 PM) That he said that or that I knew what he meant? i dont know. i meant that he would say that, but its pretty gay that you knew that too  i love you Christine 
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Apr 18 2006, 02:01 PM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Apr 18 2006, 12:01 PM) i dont know. i meant that he would say that, but its pretty gay that you knew that too i love you Christine Look at who is living with her =P Of course she would know that =P --------------------  |
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