AGRIMAN
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I'm with you brother. Put all you faith in God and his plan and doors will start to open. I'm a very blessed man and owe everything I have or will ever have to him.
Need advice on starting up cattle and hay business/extra job
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I'm with you brother. Put all you faith in God and his plan and doors will start to open. I'm a very blessed man and owe everything I have or will ever have to him.
CDennyRun
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Amen! The Lord will always provide. It's so amazing how he works!
roadhunter
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Creamer
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Interesting chart. thanks!
Creamer
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Interesting chart. thanks!
Took me awhile but I finally figured out a way to post pics of my new (to me) set up. Kubota 6800 w/FEL 900hrs with a new 7' Bush hog, 23' deckover trailer.I've had my 2500hd. Its coming to together. Need to make a little more $ and I'm buying hay equipment next. Financed the Tractor and trailer. Everything else is and will be paid cash.
jibe717
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- Joined
- Jan 20, 2016
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- Location
- NW, Minnesota
- Tractor
- MF 4610 MF 2615 MF 1726E AC WD45 Husqvarna PZ-60 ztr
In 2014 I bought 40 acres of field. I couldn't resist since it attached to 10 other acres I had and it was a half mile from where I live. I heeded a bigger tractor for my nursery business so I bought that about the same time, my 4610 MF. So I put a ton into a tractor. One can find some decent 100 HP tractors for half of what my new one was but with everything else I have to do I don't want to be wrenching in the near future and I had the money to but new. My 40 needed to be seeded in so I also bought a plow, disc, harrow and cultivator. These totaled $2,500. My JD round baler cost me $5,500. A NH disc mower was 6k and I found a nice NH side rake for $400. That puts me at 14k for the equipment. I haven't found a wagon yet, so I borrowed one to move bales off the field. So if you go 15-20k on the tractor that puts you in the mid 30,000 for equipment, unless you buy all junk that needs a ton of work as one of my neighbors did. All He does is wrench.
As I said I had to reseed mine and this year when that was factored in I made about $2 an hour. That doesn't include equipment costs, only fuel, seed, twine, etc. Last summer I also rented 15 acres across the road so I will have more next year to do. Haying is farming and I don't see you making a ton of money on it. You do it for the love of what you're doing is mostly what you get out of it. I'm making money with my nursery and using this farming as a place to keep my money from the IRS as best I can.
What part of NGA are you?Took me awhile but I finally figured out a way to post pics of my new (to me) set up. Kubota 6800 w/FEL 900hrs with a new 7' Bush hog, 23' deckover trailer.I've had my 2500hd. Its coming to together. Need to make a little more $ and I'm buying hay equipment next. Financed the Tractor and trailer. Everything else is and will be paid cash.