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<blockquote data-quote="Lowland1" data-source="post: 7864712" data-attributes="member: 66524"><p>That’s nothing new into the 1970’s we had farmers in our village with less than 40 acres doing reasonably well with a few cows and a bit of corn but they were comfortable and didn’t expand and as they got old they packed up. In the ‘70’s and ‘80s our potato harvester struggled to do more than an acre and a half a day so harvesting 30 or 40 acres was a drawn out process putting then over a riddle in the spring at 10-15 tonnes a day was the same. With our pigs all weaners went into loose boxes that needed hand mucking out. No one does those things today because it’s hard work and if you’re are still bucketing water to your pigs you’re mental. If the family farm hasn’t grown then it’s unviable and no level of support can save it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lowland1, post: 7864712, member: 66524"] That’s nothing new into the 1970’s we had farmers in our village with less than 40 acres doing reasonably well with a few cows and a bit of corn but they were comfortable and didn’t expand and as they got old they packed up. In the ‘70’s and ‘80s our potato harvester struggled to do more than an acre and a half a day so harvesting 30 or 40 acres was a drawn out process putting then over a riddle in the spring at 10-15 tonnes a day was the same. With our pigs all weaners went into loose boxes that needed hand mucking out. No one does those things today because it’s hard work and if you’re are still bucketing water to your pigs you’re mental. If the family farm hasn’t grown then it’s unviable and no level of support can save it. [/QUOTE]
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