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<blockquote data-quote="Swiss Cowboy" data-source="post: 77778" data-attributes="member: 1416"><p>Everybody here has made very accurate, in my humble opinion, statements what constitutes a "Hobby Farmer/Rancher". I am the ultimate "Hobby Farmer" because I keep a couple of sheep, a couple of cows for my freezer and some chickens. I do this purely because I like the farming lifestyle or shall I say the country lifestyle. I have most parts of my life lived in and around farms and animals and I want to carry on this habit. </p><p>On the other hand my "Hobby Farm" does give me a Tax break and I see nothing wrong with that. The government regularly finds ever more ways to take the money away from us and therefore it is nothing put proper to take every advantage we have to stop the government from taking more. On the other hand, and I see this right now in our neighbourhood. More and more Hobby Farms give up, the land is than quickly rezoned for residential use. In one year they build in our neighbourhood housing for 60'000 people. They call that compact housing, which means the houses are so close together that there is no room for a tree or even a shrub to grow. Naturally the property taxes went up not once but twice. I see Hobby Farms as a vital ingredient to keep the countryside and rural areas free from development. The developers and politicians have not touched our block yet, because there are still to many Hobby Farmers around. This in turn has caused some politicians to become upset with us and now they want to make a new rezoning by law that would cut future Hobby Farm parcels to one acre instead of six. </p><p>As it has been said before, Hobby Farmers also contribute to the farming economy by buying animal fed and hay in the local fed store and hay by the local farmers.</p><p>I support my Hobby Farm with the money I make with jobs on the side, that way I do not have to take money from my regular job income. To me a Hobby is when you have to pay for it rather than be paid for it. </p><p>What I particularly like here is that we all can come together "Profis" and Hobbyist" to share our experiences and benefit from our combinded knowledge.</p><p></p><p>Take care all of you </p><p>Swiss Cowboy :cboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swiss Cowboy, post: 77778, member: 1416"] Everybody here has made very accurate, in my humble opinion, statements what constitutes a “Hobby Farmer/Rancher”. I am the ultimate “Hobby Farmer” because I keep a couple of sheep, a couple of cows for my freezer and some chickens. I do this purely because I like the farming lifestyle or shall I say the country lifestyle. I have most parts of my life lived in and around farms and animals and I want to carry on this habit. On the other hand my “Hobby Farm” does give me a Tax break and I see nothing wrong with that. The government regularly finds ever more ways to take the money away from us and therefore it is nothing put proper to take every advantage we have to stop the government from taking more. On the other hand, and I see this right now in our neighbourhood. More and more Hobby Farms give up, the land is than quickly rezoned for residential use. In one year they build in our neighbourhood housing for 60’000 people. They call that compact housing, which means the houses are so close together that there is no room for a tree or even a shrub to grow. Naturally the property taxes went up not once but twice. I see Hobby Farms as a vital ingredient to keep the countryside and rural areas free from development. The developers and politicians have not touched our block yet, because there are still to many Hobby Farmers around. This in turn has caused some politicians to become upset with us and now they want to make a new rezoning by law that would cut future Hobby Farm parcels to one acre instead of six. As it has been said before, Hobby Farmers also contribute to the farming economy by buying animal fed and hay in the local fed store and hay by the local farmers. I support my Hobby Farm with the money I make with jobs on the side, that way I do not have to take money from my regular job income. To me a Hobby is when you have to pay for it rather than be paid for it. What I particularly like here is that we all can come together "Profis" and Hobbyist" to share our experiences and benefit from our combinded knowledge. Take care all of you Swiss Cowboy :cboy: [/QUOTE]
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