Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[texas pete]

modern farmers do not borrow to the conditions.
but try to get a farmer to spend 40 hours on a 135 today .
up until the late ninetys the tractor and fert helped you farm today they are needed before you can start

I'm planning to spend at least 20 hours on mine this week, making hay whilst the sun shines.

I do enjoy my low cost farming and you can't beat doing a job on a tractor that is going up in value and uses f**k all diesel.

 

[CornishTone]

I'm planning to spend at least 20 hours on mine this week, making hay whilst the sun shines.

I do enjoy my low cost farming and you can't beat doing a job on a tractor that is going up in value and uses fudge all diesel.

You would get on with my old man very well I think. He loves telling the accountant each year that most of his toy collection is now going up in value!

 

[Farmer Roy]

sh!t - old tractors here only go down in value . . .

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

@Farmer Roy

Forgive me if this comes across as a dumb question, but as I have never been over to Aus, is there any kind of diversification that could potentially bring much needed revenue into the farm during this challenging time - as in a side business that you could hopefully help keep money coming in for you, or is there simply no call for anything outside of farming in your location?

Hmmm cough cough coal mine cough cough

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Well done boys and girls 300 pages of unadulterated frog s**t spattered with a few useful facts

 

[Yale]

Well done boys and girls 300 pages of unadulterated frog s**t spattered with a few useful facts

Never mind the quality...feel the width....

 

[Canada Farmer]

modern farmers do not borrow to the conditions.
but try to get a farmer to spend 40 hours on a 135 today .
up until the late ninetys the tractor and fert helped you farm today they are needed before you can start

Fecked if I'd want to spend 40 hours on a 135....










But 40 hours on a Super Dexta , that would be easy...

 

[CornishTone]

Fecked if I'd want to spend 40 hours on a 135....










But 40 hours on a Super Dexta , that would be easy...

Super Major all day long![emoji41]

 

[Canada Farmer]

Super Major all day long![emoji41]

 

[hendrebc]

Super Major all day long![emoji41]

Dad still goes on about his super major 30+ (?) Years after he got rid of it. He got very exited at a vintage show a couple of years ago when someone told him that his super major had been done up and was there at the show. When he eventually found it along with the owner he was a little deflated that it was just the tinwork on the front and thats all that was salvagable off it
He came home from a machinery sale before really annoyed when he saw a super major get knocked down for less than £1000 but it was gone by the time he realised what it was going for and ran over there its probably the only tractor ive seen him get exited about ever. Will probably have to get him one one day well see if he still says the same about vintage machinery then 'whats the bloody point having a tractor if your not going to use it' will keep the haybob in the back of the shed just in case

 

[Farmer Roy]

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[Chae1]

not really
I do contract planting work also, but obviously when its dry that isn't earning much
not much of a population compared to UK, so not much scope for tourism, farm stays, B & B etc
only thing is another income stream completely unrelated to agriculture
best option is off farm income or another job
personally, I have a casual job with a local funeral home. The cold weather now is keeping me in pocket money for the moment at least

I'd get out of the funeral business while you can. It's a dying trade.

 

[Kidds]

sh!t - old tractors here only go down in value . . .

Bought a brand new tractor 50 odd years ago, worked it hard ever since and it is now worth about 10x what was paid for it.
No intention of selling it because I haven't finished with it yet.

 

[Yale]

Bought a brand new tractor 50 odd years ago, worked it hard ever since and it is now worth about 10x what was paid for it.
No intention of selling it because I haven't finished with it yet.

Cool....

 

[CornishTone]

Dad still goes on about his super major 30+ (?) Years after he got rid of it. He got very exited at a vintage show a couple of years ago when someone told him that his super major had been done up and was there at the show. When he eventually found it along with the owner he was a little deflated that it was just the tinwork on the front and thats all that was salvagable off it [emoji20]
He came home from a machinery sale before really annoyed when he saw a super major get knocked down for less than £1000 but it was gone by the time he realised what it was going for and ran over there [emoji57] its probably the only tractor ive seen him get exited about ever. Will probably have to get him one one day [emoji57] well see if he still says the same about vintage machinery then 'whats the bloody point having a tractor if your not going to use it' [emoji57] will keep the haybob in the back of the shed just in case

Dad found the first Diesel Major my Grandad bought back in 195... something, in the scrapyard down the road a few years ago, many many years after it was traded in. Bought it back for a couple hundred quid and it’s been home working ever since. Used to do all our drilling with a 3m Accord with it![emoji23] Said it left the least amount of compaction, but I’m pretty sure it was just because he enjoyed watching the black smoke! Spends most of its time on the log splitter now. Although it does come out with the triple Cambridge rollers when required... just for the black smoke!

 

[marcusthehat]

No smoke no poke!

 

[Ukjay]

Well done boys and girls 300 pages of unadulterated frog s**t spattered with a few useful facts

No pleasing miserable buggars is there

 

[Ukjay]

Hmmm cough cough coal mine cough cough

I cant possibly comment on that, as my own personal views do not sit well with the coal industry and no I am not a tree hugger, but I do believe we should be focussing on other fuel sources.

 

[Crofter64]

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[RushesToo]

Thanks for the tip. I’ve signed up. Just in time for James Rebanks to say, thanks for the memories but I’m off!

Sadly I think he let the barstewards get him down.
His books are well worth a read, he is hefted to his patch. His twitter musings are a well argued example of a model of how you might make food and preserve environments - although probably not in the same space.