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Cattle people/ farmers are getting old.
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<blockquote data-quote="sbranch" data-source="post: 1740512" data-attributes="member: 42514"><p>It seems there are a few things that make agriculture career/life a very hard sell to younger people:</p><p></p><p>1) Startup costs for agriculture are much higher than technology or the trades, where the last two can be near $0 to get going.</p><p></p><p>2) Operations costs and effort are much higher for agriculture than technology or the trades.</p><p></p><p>3) The potential windfall if things go well is much lower in agriculture than technology or the trades. The chances of becoming a tech billionaire are almost nil, yet still higher than becoming an ag billionaire.</p><p></p><p>4) We were in a cultural cycle where it was "cooler" to be in a city if you were younger, although this seems to be ending and shift to rural life being "cooler" is starting, but who knows how long that will last.</p><p></p><p>Individual these would be tough to overcome, but all four at once is brutal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbranch, post: 1740512, member: 42514"] It seems there are a few things that make agriculture career/life a very hard sell to younger people: 1) Startup costs for agriculture are much higher than technology or the trades, where the last two can be near $0 to get going. 2) Operations costs and effort are much higher for agriculture than technology or the trades. 3) The potential windfall if things go well is much lower in agriculture than technology or the trades. The chances of becoming a tech billionaire are almost nil, yet still higher than becoming an ag billionaire. 4) We were in a cultural cycle where it was "cooler" to be in a city if you were younger, although this seems to be ending and shift to rural life being "cooler" is starting, but who knows how long that will last. Individual these would be tough to overcome, but all four at once is brutal. [/QUOTE]
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