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Is the off Farm job mainly for health insurance?
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Yep. Work as a mechanic out of my shop and haul corn and hay for neighbors and whatever else I can for extra money.
Yes I have a winter off farm job that supplement our income, as most farmers know our farm income is not realized until harvest in mid Fall.
I work off farm full time in summer there is no time for anything. I love to farm so I make it work
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We are due for a correction. The land cannot sustain these high values with negative returns.
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Samething here one person is offering way more then what it's worth. I bought 1section lest year and now we are struggling to make the payment.
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I use to work full-time, and two part time jobs my wife works full-time just to make farming work. Then my dad had a stroke. I left my jobs to dedicate more time to farming and carry him thru. That was back when prices were good now I'm second guessing everything. This Friday some land will come up for auction that I'm renting. It will go higher then it should. Everything around us is being ...
Is the second job for the wife off the farm or is the second job another job for the wife off the farm?
"It's a poor farmer who can't get his wife a second job". Quote by **************.
I think most of us get jobs off the farm to get away from the farm.
I work full time off the farm for insurance wife takes care of the our one year old because her job would not cover the cost of daycare
On average how many acres and/or # of animals dose it takes to live comfortably farming for a family of 4? I know there are a ton of variables
Wife and I both have part time jobs off the farm. We also farm full time. No free time whatsoever. We changed health insurance providers to prevent our $5,000 annual premium increase.