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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1503363" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>I always had a passion for ag, but was raised on a small half acre home. We raised Paint horses, showed them, bred them, and we always had a big garden and orchard (we used the land, every inch of it!). We would raise a steer for the freezer each year, and my FFA project was pigs (I bred Hampshire pigs).</p><p>Fast forward 30 years. We wanted out of CA, so we bought 45 acres of raw land near family in MO. We moved in 2007, built a shop and lived in that for several years before building our home, barn, and pastures. I researched several breeds, and bought two Simmental heifers in 2007. We have grown that small herd to over 35 breeding age females and calves, ALL AI bred or embryos. We started with NOTHING, were given NOTHING, but with the grace of God and a lot of saving, are doing good now and at a point where we need to sell more females so we do not get bigger (or find more land). </p><p>I teach Ag History in a college, and the future is bleak for most students wanting to start a farm, but I tell them it can be done, just have patience and work slowly. Start small and build up when you can! The average age of a farmer is in the 60's, and we need to pass the future to younger people. I do all I can to encourage the youth to get involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1503363, member: 18809"] I always had a passion for ag, but was raised on a small half acre home. We raised Paint horses, showed them, bred them, and we always had a big garden and orchard (we used the land, every inch of it!). We would raise a steer for the freezer each year, and my FFA project was pigs (I bred Hampshire pigs). Fast forward 30 years. We wanted out of CA, so we bought 45 acres of raw land near family in MO. We moved in 2007, built a shop and lived in that for several years before building our home, barn, and pastures. I researched several breeds, and bought two Simmental heifers in 2007. We have grown that small herd to over 35 breeding age females and calves, ALL AI bred or embryos. We started with NOTHING, were given NOTHING, but with the grace of God and a lot of saving, are doing good now and at a point where we need to sell more females so we do not get bigger (or find more land). I teach Ag History in a college, and the future is bleak for most students wanting to start a farm, but I tell them it can be done, just have patience and work slowly. Start small and build up when you can! The average age of a farmer is in the 60's, and we need to pass the future to younger people. I do all I can to encourage the youth to get involved. [/QUOTE]
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