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What to do with land if the cattle industry collapsed?
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<blockquote data-quote="herofan" data-source="post: 1601408" data-attributes="member: 17843"><p>I feel like maybe I'm too stupid sometimes, or just look at things too simplistically, but I have never understood how people do something and don't make any money, but yet, they still do it, and for most of those people, it's what puts beans on their table. I don't know how one buys beans with no money. </p><p></p><p>I could understand having a bad year or two, but I don't see how one goes on and on not making money. I have such a small operation that I'm not making a living at it, but I always make a little each year that I can jingle in my pocket. If I start going a few years losing money, and it appears that will continue, I'll sell out and take my final loss. </p><p></p><p>Even if I were losing money but stupid enough to think I was making a profit, wouldn't that finally catch up to me? At some point, wouldn't my piggy bank be empty when I needed a trip to the grocery? Culture sure has changed. There was a time when not making any money meant you were poor and ragged. Today, it just means you might have to settle for 3 vehicles instead of 5. </p><p></p><p>I know some guys who are mechanics, cabinet makers, and farmers, and the one thing they all have in common, to hear them tell it, is that none of them make any money, but they seem to have everything they need and then some. Strange.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="herofan, post: 1601408, member: 17843"] I feel like maybe I’m too stupid sometimes, or just look at things too simplistically, but I have never understood how people do something and don’t make any money, but yet, they still do it, and for most of those people, it’s what puts beans on their table. I don’t know how one buys beans with no money. I could understand having a bad year or two, but I don’t see how one goes on and on not making money. I have such a small operation that I’m not making a living at it, but I always make a little each year that I can jingle in my pocket. If I start going a few years losing money, and it appears that will continue, I’ll sell out and take my final loss. Even if I were losing money but stupid enough to think I was making a profit, wouldn’t that finally catch up to me? At some point, wouldn’t my piggy bank be empty when I needed a trip to the grocery? Culture sure has changed. There was a time when not making any money meant you were poor and ragged. Today, it just means you might have to settle for 3 vehicles instead of 5. I know some guys who are mechanics, cabinet makers, and farmers, and the one thing they all have in common, to hear them tell it, is that none of them make any money, but they seem to have everything they need and then some. Strange. [/QUOTE]
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