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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1233346" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>^^^^^^This^^^^^^^ Let me ask: What do you all of you put as your "occupation" on your IRS paperwork? Since I started at age 18 I have always used "self-employed rancher" </p><p></p><p> I'm no farmer and don't claim to be one. Can't remember the last time I hooked a tractor on to a tillage or planting implement. I do remember the last time I used the combine was in 1986. Sold alfalfa seed that fall for $1/lb. </p><p></p><p> I guess techically since I own no cattle anymore I'm no longer a rancher. I put up hay in the summer and that's it. Maybe that does make me a farmer, but I've never felt the "farmer" thing fit me. I do wear a ball cap, not felt or straw if that makes any diference. I've never owned a 4 legged horse either <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>Very few people are or would consider themselves "farmers" here. I give my neighbor who rents my pasture guff about being a farmer and he should get himself a pair of bib overalls. He weans all of his heifers in the fall and sells them after the first of the year. Feeds them in a lot all winter with a TMR mixer, but the heifers do have room to run out. He kept the best and sold the rest recently to make space for calving his 2 yr old heifers ahead of the cows. Usually keeps 50 -70 replacements each year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1233346, member: 14713"] ^^^^^^This^^^^^^^ Let me ask: What do you all of you put as your "occupation" on your IRS paperwork? Since I started at age 18 I have always used "self-employed rancher" I'm no farmer and don't claim to be one. Can't remember the last time I hooked a tractor on to a tillage or planting implement. I do remember the last time I used the combine was in 1986. Sold alfalfa seed that fall for $1/lb. I guess techically since I own no cattle anymore I'm no longer a rancher. I put up hay in the summer and that's it. Maybe that does make me a farmer, but I've never felt the "farmer" thing fit me. I do wear a ball cap, not felt or straw if that makes any diference. I've never owned a 4 legged horse either :P :P :P Very few people are or would consider themselves "farmers" here. I give my neighbor who rents my pasture guff about being a farmer and he should get himself a pair of bib overalls. He weans all of his heifers in the fall and sells them after the first of the year. Feeds them in a lot all winter with a TMR mixer, but the heifers do have room to run out. He kept the best and sold the rest recently to make space for calving his 2 yr old heifers ahead of the cows. Usually keeps 50 -70 replacements each year. [/QUOTE]
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