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My name is Carson Cheek. I have just opened my own machine shop. my idea for the business is to be able to make or repair parts that brake on local farmers tractors, leaving them with less down time and making me more reliable and faster than china. I need to know, How should i contact these local farmers. they obviously dont have main offices like local business do, or an advertised number i can find, so what do other farmers recommend. I have business cards, and im more than willing to go out of my way to talk to them in any ways. please help!

Is there any good software you recommend for managing your farm, inventory, communication and etc?

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I just got back from driving from Wisconsin into Indianapolis to watch the Eclipse (amazing). I've been doing this drive for years as I was in sales on the road for a long time. What dawned on me, and after watching similar things transpire in Wisconsin is that we are eliminating what we always called "fence rows", or natural barriers of trees and brush at an extreme rate. I think I understand why (as a non-farmer) that it would be much easier to till, drive equipment, etc. in a contiguous fashion. And as farm consolidation happens, this is a natural consequence.

However what was concerning is this. 1) these stretches of land without break are becoming easily hundreds and sometimes thousands of acres in my area of the country, and 2) whatever you believe is causing climate change (I think it's human caused, but I haven't spoken to a farmer who doesn't understand something is happening), we are in an unprecedented period of drought in the middle of our country. We just are entering spring in Wisconsin and we received 3 measurable snowfalls the entire winter. I cannot imagine what this summer and our crops will look like as a result.

The dust bowl was largely caused (my understanding) by people replacing native vegetation and natural barriers with shallow rooted non-native plants. As a post from 3 years ago here shows:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Farmers/comments/me0gn2/comparison_of_the_root_system_of_prairie_grass_vs/

This can have a significant impact. I'm already trying to figure out why I individually can replace my turf lawn (bought with house) with native grasses on my 1 acre HOA property.

I'm not coming in here critically. I have a heavy science background. My parents grew up as farmers, and my wife's family have been hog farmers for 60 years. I am just trying to understand if you are all worried or seeing this as something that is a concerning trend in your part of the world. Please educate me!

I have had a passion for plants and gardening all my life, it wasn’t until earlier this year I decided I want to pursue a career in the Ag industry. I already own a plot of good land in Tennessee ~4 acres of farmable land that I want to turn into my homestead/small farm. I figured, what better way to gain the necessary knowledge and experience to run a small farm, than to work and live on one for a couple of seasons.

With all that being said I found an internship opportunity that is a few states away that is offering room and board plus 1200 a month stipend.

Am I missing something or does this sound like the perfect opportunity? I’m 26 y/o single male for anyone wondering how I could just up and live on a farm in a different state out of nowhere.

The reason I’m making this post is I have agreed to meet for an interview in literally a couple days and their season has technically already started, as I only just found out about the farmer internship website today, and only a couple hours after I reached out they reached back. It’s obvious they are motivated to fill this role.

Should I take this opportunity as it’s the first one that has arisen or should I prepare more and wait for another opportunity to arise.

I've got a personal story behind this and being underutilized by ag. industry. Just going to drop this as food for thought, though.

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Has anyone had a development built on a farm near your farm? Is there any way to stop it? The farm next to us just sold and they are building 140 houses. I didn't know if it sold until a few days ago when I saw equipment across the hill. Then they started cutting a bunch of trees. Today I stopped to talk to a guy parked in one of our roads to the farm. He told me they are getting ready to build 140 houses. I'm devastated. When my family got this farm there wasn't anything here. Over the years an interstate went through then a truck stop then a shopping area. Now this. They kept getting closer and closer. Now I will look out my window to track houses. I'm so worried. Property taxes keep going up. The land is being destroyed, trash everywhere. I'm in tears.

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I’m struggling to find an app that will most accurately tell me the weather. Over the last few years it seems apps have gotten just as bad at forecasting as the guy on tv. Any suggestions?

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I am currently working on my brother's internship report and he gave me graphs about the production and composition of the milk collected on the farm where he completed his internship. However, I don't know anything about it and he can't explain these documents to me. Does anyone have any knowledge of these types of files?

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We live out on a farm with dogs, chickens, goats, etc, and have one other farm cat. I got a new kitten from a friend to be another farm cat, but he does not like to be outside. The kitten is about 4 months old, still pretty small so he is not loose when no one is home, but when someone is, i send him out and periodically check on him. I have a tracker and everything like that for him, so his safety hasnt been an issue. He just doesnt like to be outside. He stands at my sliding glass door and meows. I feel awful but having him in the house isnt an option. I really don’t wanna give him up, and plenty of cats are happy farm cats that get to enjoy the life of outdoor living, but I feel like this effects his quality of life when he is either cooped up in a barn or meowing at my door. Has anyone else had this problem and does it go away with age? Any advice help!

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Edit: I don’t know anything about farming, I’m just curious

Are things good for farmers these days?

I’ve been hesitant to start a farm because - this is the biggest one: history usually portrays farmers as being given a lot of trouble.

Historically, farmers have gotten the short end of the stick from the government.

• More land, more tax • Bugger harvest, bigger yields for the king • More needs (tools, seed, fertilizer), more ways the noblemen can manipulate the farmer

I don’t think it’s fair that the one providing food to the country and ultimately supplying the government with its power gets less than average.

You loom at veterans: government spits them out on the streets.

The very means rulers use for power, they spit upon.

But is that how it is today? Generally speaking. I mean is there a tax cut for land that’s being used for crop? And just things like that. Does the government give farmers any kind of break or are they just communists across the board even towards the farm?