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<blockquote data-quote="Jake" data-source="post: 77700" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>there's a fine line of the hobby farmer because there are very few farmers/ ranchers out there anymore that at least one of the spouses will work off the farm to generate extra cash and be able to get insurance and what not..... so just saying having an outside job is too broad. </p><p></p><p>You can't exactly put a head total on the number of head that would make you a hobby farmer because everybody's opinion of that number would be better. I personally would say less than 15-18 head of cattle would be a hobby farmer. Now it's not that these people have bad cattle because of being a hobby farmer.... It's not that they know less about the way of life or anything against them. It's just usually the case that a beginner will be a hobby farmer for a while during the time they need to be asking questions and learning the ropes. The grace period for most folks between hobby farming and really being a farmer/ rancher is when the lazy will be weeded out and quit. It's when the ones that can't make it work in any predicament will be weeded out. Now there are a lot of good time old ranchers that can't make it after a time because something has happened and that doesn't pertain to the hobby situation on my opinion</p><p></p><p>Sorry so long winded- practicing to write a paper.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jake, post: 77700, member: 4"] there's a fine line of the hobby farmer because there are very few farmers/ ranchers out there anymore that at least one of the spouses will work off the farm to generate extra cash and be able to get insurance and what not..... so just saying having an outside job is too broad. You can't exactly put a head total on the number of head that would make you a hobby farmer because everybody's opinion of that number would be better. I personally would say less than 15-18 head of cattle would be a hobby farmer. Now it's not that these people have bad cattle because of being a hobby farmer.... It's not that they know less about the way of life or anything against them. It's just usually the case that a beginner will be a hobby farmer for a while during the time they need to be asking questions and learning the ropes. The grace period for most folks between hobby farming and really being a farmer/ rancher is when the lazy will be weeded out and quit. It's when the ones that can't make it work in any predicament will be weeded out. Now there are a lot of good time old ranchers that can't make it after a time because something has happened and that doesn't pertain to the hobby situation on my opinion Sorry so long winded- practicing to write a paper..... [/QUOTE]
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