Farm Equipment
What do you farm, where do you farm, how many acres do you farm, what equipment do you use, whats your net?
What’s your breakeven? Do you use crop insurance? What kind of financing can you get from your bank? Are you expanding, if so how? By renting or buying?
What is your average yield?
Sarah, consider it meeting at the Dairy Queen to talk shop.
What do you farm
Meat goats, meat rabbits, and soon some chickens, large garden, and small orchard, also going to offer some plants for sale.
Where do you farm,
The Pacific Northwest, about 7 miles from the ocean.
How many acres do you farm
40
What equipment do you use
Old John Deere tractors, from the 1930′s, a bulldozer from I think the 1970′s, Draft horses, varrious impliments pulled by tractor, or horse, and of course all the hand tools.
Whats your net?
Being conservative, we figure $50K next year, which should double in 1-2 more years.
What’s your breakeven?
Since we will not purchase ANYTHING, unless we can buy it free and clear (exception is the mortgage) we have almost no overhead.
Do you use crop insurance?
HaHaHaHaHa! Ummm….no. We use diversification as “insurance.”
What kind of financing can you get from your bank?
We have not gotten financing for anything, except the original mortgage. No bills, no kidding.
Are you expanding, if so how?
Yes, we will be expanding by leaps and bounds, adding three, to possibly four more types of livestock. Sheep and chickens for sure. Beef for our own use for sure. Possibly pigs.
New things I’ll be selling: eggs, fruits, vegtables, some berries, apples, some of my crafts, plant/tree/shrub starts, lamb, lessons (classes), books, small custom barns/chicken houses/dog houses/rabbit hutches/sheds. Not to mention my husband is probably going to be doing diesel conversions on certain autos, to help drivers boost their millage from 20-25, up to 50-75 (depending on auto).
By renting or buying?
Buying of course. It’s one of the surest ways to gather actual wealth for your family.
Yeild?
Nearly impossible to answer. In April I’ll make a lot of money selling asparagus. In October I’ll make money selling goats and lambs to my Muslim customers. I expect vegtable starts will sell very well in May. Craft items will do well around Christmas, and on Valentines day. Eggs should sell well all year. Classes will sell out no matter what month (just not too close to Christmas).
Never put your eggs in one basket…fables we all learned as children. Yet how many farmers actually diversify? Not many. So they suckle at the Governments teet, and collect subsidies, and crop loss insurance…..all paid for with tax payer dollars.
I prefer independance, and pride.
~Garnet
Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years
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Two KRW New York Antique FORD Tractor Engine Cylinder Plug Gauges w Wood Case $25.00 |
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FARMALL & JOHN DEERE HEADLIGHT REFLECTOR. 46 MODELS $15.00 |
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Case IH Tractors 7110, 7120. 7130, 7140 Shop Workshop Service Repair Manual CD $11.97 |
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International Engine Parts C123 C135 C152 C175 C200 100 130 140 404 B414 424 454 $69.95 |
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Allis Chalmers 7030 tractor sweat shirt $13.00 |
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ANTIQUE LaCROSSE HORSE DRAWN GRAIN / SEED PLANTER / DRILL $295.00 |
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IH Farmall 544 560 686 856 1456 1486 Front End Stay Bal $40.00 |
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International Harvester Tractor Farmall IH A B W4 W6 Magneto Cap Cover #2 ? $41.09 |
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NEW John Deere Steering Wheel Center Cap 2010,2510,3010 $69.00 |
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John Deere Rt 3010 & 3020 Rear Side Shield,Side Panel $85.00 |
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6 Bolt Front Wheel Hub John Deere 3020,4010,4020,4430 $145.00 |
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ANTIQUE I H H FARMALL RADIATOR WATER HOUSING / TRACTOR $59.99 |
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allis chalmer 10 years pin painted sterling nice old antique tractor unique wow $11.06 |
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NOS Case IH Bearing $5.99 |
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STEAM ENGINES MACHINERY’S REFERENCE SERIES NO, 70 ON CD $7.50 |
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john deere H upper water pipe $10.00 |
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john deere H shifter cover 1940-1946 $5.00 |
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Lodge Logic Pre-Seasoned Skillet $22.99 Made by the cast iron experts at Lodge, this revolutionary pan is preseasoned, so it’s ready to cook right out of the box. It’s perfect for making virtually anything from bacon and eggs to grilled sandwiches, pan-fried fish, and fabulous cornbread. Each has dual pour spouts and a helper handle. Lodge Logic’s new preseasoning process penetrates the metal’s pores thoroughly and uniformly, so it look… |
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Presto 05420 FryDaddy Electric Deep Fryer $29.99 Deep frying has never been so easy. Fryer automatically maintains a proper frying temperature with no controls to set. Handy snap-on lid lets your store oil right in the fryer to use again. Holds four cups of oil. Includes a scoop that stirs, separates, lifts, drains and serves. Nonstick surface makes for easy cleaning. Model #5420. One-year warranty…. |
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Accu Sharp 060 GardenSharp Tool Sharpener $5.96 The GardenSharp tool sharpener is designed to sharpen all those single edged, hard to sharpen items in your tool shed, such as lawnmower blades, pruning shears, limb loppers, hoes, shovels, and scythes. All can be sharpened to a razor edge quickly and easily. The full length finger guard protects fingers while the reversible diamond honed tungsten carbide blade puts your cutting edge in “good as n… |
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Baby Nick Jr – Let’s Go to the Farm $5.35 Take a trip to the farm where children can learn all about the animals, go on a hayride, sing along to a selection of farm-related tunes, and much more. For children ages 3-18 months. 30 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; photo gallery; music video…. |
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Real Wheels: Tractor Adventures (Tractor, Dump Truck and Farm Truck) $10.44 Teach your children about farm life with this collection of three “Real Wheels” programs. Along with a look at such helpful vehicles as tractors, flatbed trailers and dump trucks, your little ones will learn about steering cattle and the importance of farming. 90 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; bloopers…. |
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Hard Hat Harry’s: Farm Equipment and Space Adventures $1.39 The live-action television series Hard Hat Harry is designed to give elementary school children information about the machines that fascinate them. Hard Hat Harry: Farm Equipment and Space Adventure contains a pair of episodes from the show. The first concerns many of the devices used by farmers to grow and harvest crops. The second episode teaches children about many of the spacecrafts used to se… |
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Big Trucks:Tractors & Trains [VHS] $8.88 … |
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Farm Equipment of the Roman World $42.51 This book is a companion volume to K. D. Whites Agricultural Implements of the Roman World (Cambridge University Press, 1967). He deals here with equipment and instruments which were for the most part used in processing and storage as opposed to cultivation. Each item is described in detail and there are abundant references to sources, literary and archaeological. The volume is amply illustrated. As before, Professor White has unearthed a wealth of information of special value to archaeologists, lexicographers and historians of technology. His discussions of the use made of the articles catalogued have a broader human interest and throw illuminating sidelights on the social and economic life of the Roman world. Author: White, K. D. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 296 Publication Date: 2010/03/11 Language: English Dimensions: 7.44 x 9.69 x 0.62 inches |
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Farm Machinery and Equipment $53.89 Author: Harris Pearson Smith Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 524 Publication Date: 2010/11/22 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.51 x 1.17 inches |
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