A farming life

[Outsidelover]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

 

[Blue.]

Oh this is going to be good….

 

[AR Enviro]

I was out in one of my fields early this morning and failed to see an SS Panzer Division which got me thinking that I might have an easier life if I hailed to the Führer.

 

[serf]

This explains it all

 

[Hill Ground]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

He works every day.
The same as you walk your dog every day.

The fact that he dosnt see you walking your dog very often dosnt mean you don't walk it?!

Either that or he's off skiing!!

 

[Bald Rick]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

They are the laziest farmers going.

Wait until they get their hands on an electric autonomous tractor and you’ll never see one again … unless spotted in Zermatt (other ski slopes are available) or a Bajan beach (other tropical paradises are available)

Dairy farmers on the other hand ..

 

[Cocomac]

They are the laziest farmers going.

Wait until they get their hands on an electric autonomous tractor and you’ll never see one again … unless spotted in Zermatt (other ski slopes are available) or a Bajan beach (other tropical paradises are available)

Dairy farmers on the other hand ..

You’ve forgotten their various shooting trips to their own estates and those of their equally idle arable farming counterparts.

 

[melted welly]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

Strong first post .

 

[Magnus Oyke]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

The sensible answer, assuming you're not trolling is:

That's not the only field he's got, nor will it be the only crop he crops, he may well also have other enterprises.

The field will been planting. He may be no or minimal tillage, so only one or two passes to establish the crop, prior to that it will probably have been sprayed.

It will get sprayed again after the crop is planted to control weeds. It may get sprayed with insecticide over winter.

If he just has combinable crops, wheat, barley, oilseed rape, beans etc, he's probably got grain in store at the farm that needs managing.

When spring comes the wheat, let's say it's a field of wheat, will be sprayed maybe 4 or 5 times, maybe 3 other passes with fertilser and another pass with liquid fertilser as it starts to ripen.

Also in the spring, he's probably trying to establish spring crops. There's grain being sold, fertiliser deliveries, machines to maintain and repair, a business to run.

Before harvest you have your grain storage and handling systems and buildings and equiptment to clean, disinfect and service between selling the last load and refilling it at harvest time

Then harvest starts and all hell breaks loose.

If he also has livestock, or potatoes, sugar beet or other crops he will be very busy indeed.

 

[onesiedale]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

good questions there.
I often think the same when driving through France!

Reasons that you probably don't see much activity could be largely due to the fact that that farmer you know of has many other fields and stock to look after.
Statistically if the field you walk through is 1 of, say 100 fields, then said farmer, he/she would only spend 3½ days/year doing work associated with that field.
Also they don't have to be in the field to be working - plenty of other stuff to fill the day.

 

[betweenthelines]

Arable farmers spend a month planting their crops and a month harvesting them. The other ten moths are spent recovering from those two months.

On the other hand Dairy farmers spend 100 hours a week either getting sh*t on by cows or with their hand up a cow's arse.

Beef and sheep farmers spend most of their time at livestock markets telling each other how they're not making any money.


Edited to add:

Of course many farmers spend a great deal of time on TFF. This is a valuable use of time as it allows one to see what other farming are doing/claim to be doing/are downright lying about doing. It allows farmers to compare yields (divide all figures by 2) follow new innovations (other farmers disasters) and most importantly of all, decide which new pickup to buy with the profit they say they aren't making

 

[suffolksmallholder]

Arable farmers spend a month planting their crops and a month harvesting them. The other ten moths are spent recovering from those two months.

On the other hand Dairy farmers spend 100 hours a week either getting sh*t on by cows or with their hand up a cow's arse.

Beef and sheep farmers spend most of their time at livestock markets telling each other how they're not making any money.

Or complaining that a particular part costs a vast amount of money and they're just not prepared to find a local, independant & alternative supplier.
SS

 

[betweenthelines]

Or complaining that a particular part costs a vast amount of money and they're just not prepared to find a local, independant & alternative supplier.
SS

Or that they bought a second hand piece of kit off a dealer and after six months of abuse, it's broken and the dealer won't fix it for free.

 

[Storeman]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

This has got to be a wind-up/troll.

 

[czechmate]

When you think that kids spend about 1,000 hrs per year in class, I think teachers only work 1,000 hrs per year. However, I am reliably informed that with marking, preparation…. It’s almost a full time job

 

[bobk]

Right @Bald Rick wtf are you doing letting folk post threads on their first post , get a grip and tighten this forum up

 

[czechmate]

They are the laziest farmers going.

Wait until they get their hands on an electric autonomous tractor and you’ll never see one again … unless spotted in Zermatt (other ski slopes are available) or a Bajan beach (other tropical paradises are available)

Dairy farmers on the other hand ..

Dairy farmers on the other hand must be retarded or masochists, it’s strikes me as just about the worst way in the world to earn a crust

 

[Welderloon]

This has got to be a wind-up/troll.

A bit like the re-weeding & release of dangerous animals surveys these 'interested in becoming a farmer' threads sporadically appear............. the 'want to be a farmer' ones usually start up when we are teetering on the edge of all out global conflict.

 

[Cocomac]

When you think that kids spend about 1,000 hrs per year in class, I think teachers only work 1,000 hrs per year. However, I am reliably informed that with marking, preparation…. It’s almost a full time job

Bit like arable farmers, spend most of the year on holiday but insist they’re doing work that no one sees (drinking g&t in the office).

 

[Kidds]

Hi everyone,

New to this forum and I am interested in becoming a farmer.

I am interested to know how many days would wheat/barley farmer spend in the field and how many days he works in general.

I am not trying to condescend but having walked my dogs through farmers fields almost every day, I very rarely see farming activity.

Go on Youtube and look up Ollyblogs. He posts a video every day of what he has done. There are others in a similar vein that would give you an idea of what it entails, how many millions you will need to invest and how much of it you will lose.