C & C Land & Catt":3g9hh5xt said:
My def. of a hobby farmer is somebody who does not make their main livelyhood off the farm.
I know you qualified it as your definition, but I would dissagree.
My definition of a hobby farmer is someone who doesnt run the farm as a business. A hobby is done for the love of doing it. A business' intent is to make money. Therefore, if your intent is to make a profit, you are not a hobbyist regardless of if you actually make the profit or not, or enjoy dong it.
If you dont make a profit, there might be something to be said as to your business sense as a cattleman, but anybody who called you a hobbyist would be missguided and not utilizing the word correctly.
If u are a lawyer with 1000 head and u never see them that is a hobby.
This still would not be correctly definted as a hobby, but is in fact a business. If he never sees them, he couldnt get any enjoyment from them, but is probably invloved with a profit in mind.
For the most part I agree with your post, but would exchange part-timer for your definiton of Hobby farmer.
Wewild":3g9hh5xt said:
C & C Land & Catt":3g9hh5xt said:
If u are a niche farmer with 50 head and organic crops and that is how u make ur living u are not.
You reckon they can raise a family on 50 head.
Do you reckon you can raise a family on minimum wage? What does that have to do with what he said? Since when did how much money somebody actually made play into the definition of a hobby, part-timer, etc?
If that were the case, then there's going to be a lot of hobby farmers this year.
Or maybe I missunderstood what you where tryign to say. If that is the case I appologize.