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<blockquote data-quote="gotfire" data-source="post: 598069" data-attributes="member: 8968"><p>Part of my issue is time. I'm still working a full time night job as a shift manager at a local plant. I was cutting hay and selling fire wood before I bailed my father in law out of some bad times after a storm and gave him a place to stay. He wanted cows so I let him go for it. Set out a chunk of land and $10,000 a few years ago and now I have this.</p><p></p><p>He has sick family and took off for a week that turned into 2 weeks. I hope he will be home on the November 27 to take care of the cows. I'm learning tons working with him but I still don't know near what I should to deal with this some days. I still remember all the stuff from the days of the dairy. January 31, 09 are my last day of "shift work" and my first day as a true farmer.</p><p></p><p>I do know that I just have too much going on. It would be a lot better if it was warm out side or they were all ready on hay (witch will be this weekend). I'm still not thinking like a truer farmer but more as a plant manager on do it safe, do it right the first time, get it done, and send it out the door.</p><p></p><p>You are right that I need to get a bunch more cows to grow out to make the money on what I have sitting on the farm. It'll get rid of the silage; I have plenty of pasture to keep them on if the prices don't come back up right away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gotfire, post: 598069, member: 8968"] Part of my issue is time. I’m still working a full time night job as a shift manager at a local plant. I was cutting hay and selling fire wood before I bailed my father in law out of some bad times after a storm and gave him a place to stay. He wanted cows so I let him go for it. Set out a chunk of land and $10,000 a few years ago and now I have this. He has sick family and took off for a week that turned into 2 weeks. I hope he will be home on the November 27 to take care of the cows. I’m learning tons working with him but I still don’t know near what I should to deal with this some days. I still remember all the stuff from the days of the dairy. January 31, 09 are my last day of “shift work” and my first day as a true farmer. I do know that I just have too much going on. It would be a lot better if it was warm out side or they were all ready on hay (witch will be this weekend). I’m still not thinking like a truer farmer but more as a plant manager on do it safe, do it right the first time, get it done, and send it out the door. You are right that I need to get a bunch more cows to grow out to make the money on what I have sitting on the farm. It’ll get rid of the silage; I have plenty of pasture to keep them on if the prices don’t come back up right away. [/QUOTE]
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