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Kaukauna WI | dairyman78, thanks for being honest. My point is: a beginner farmer will NEVER be able to get the good land, which is what is necessary in today's world. We began totally on our own in 1985 and therefore did NOT get the good land, and it hurts us insofar as production goes. Some of our land is very flat and wet. The guys who got off the boat in the 1800's got the best land. Everybody else, not so much, cuz that land stayed in the FAMILY.
and Yongfarmer, exactly. When you start totally on your own, you have to buy every motor, every fork, every feed cart, bulk tank, garden hose, milking units, waterers, you name it. It is not like dairyfarmer78 (df78, I'm sure you will agree with me), who bought from his dad, that stuff was already there and even though he paid for it, it's just not the same as buying all that stuff from outside vendors, all at once.
And nobody except family will give you a nice lending deal, like a cheap land contract, either. We paid 10% interest for many years. We figure we paid over $1.5 million dollars in interest in the last 22 years. Interest is a real killer. | |
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