Farming stigma…. Working like “crazy”

[Hb21]

I can never understand why there is such a stigma around people in farming that work hard, most of the hard working farmers have usually built massive net worths. The world is built on certain people working bloody hard and making sacrifices. I've got a farming/investor neighbour who probably is worth more than everyone on this thread put together and is only home 4 days a week. But if my other neighbor is drilling to 3 in the morning he's classed as a busy fool .

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

I can never understand why there is such a stigma around people in farming that work hard, most of the hard working farmers have usually built massive net worths. The world is built on certain people working bloody hard and making sacrifices. I've got a farming/investor neighbour who probably is worth more than everyone on this thread put together and is only home 4 days a week. But if my other neighbor is drilling to 3 in the morning he's classed as a busy fool .

I totally agree, there is nothing wrong with working hard and long hours to build your empire, and in a lot of cases it just the fun to make more and more money and that is where the buzz is, so them that can and want to do it, I say good luck to them.
The question arises when your building someone else's empire, and everyone should be rewarded for their input, there seems to be a lot of verbal rewards of a promise and not on paper, and can end up as1 sibling doing all the work, hard and long hours, all to be split equally in the end, that is how I look at it.
Everyone to there own, do as you please, but make sure your rewarded for you input,
As for the Boss saying his neighbours not doing aswell, they might of had to pay out siblings or saddled with debt in other ways through purchasing the farm, or could be health reasons, everyones circumstances is different.
Should really not judge others till you walk a mile in their shoes.
Have to remember, part of someone's success, is due to others that have failed,
If that was not the case, then we would all be farming 2500 acres

 

[Henarar]

I totally agree, there is nothing wrong with working hard and long hours to build your empire, and in a lot of cases it just the fun to make more and more money and that is where the buzz is, so them that can and want to do it, I say good luck to them.
The question arises when your building someone else's empire, and everyone should be rewarded for their input, there seems to be a lot of verbal rewards of a promise and not on paper, and can end up as1 sibling doing all the work, hard and long hours, all to be split equally in the end, that is how I look at it.
Everyone to there own, do as you please, but make sure your rewarded for you input,
As for the Boss saying his neighbours not doing aswell, they might of had to pay out siblings or saddled with debt in other ways through purchasing the farm, or could be health reasons, everyones circumstances is different.
Should really not judge others till you walk a mile in their shoes.
Have to remember, part of someone's success, is due to others that have failed,
If that was not the case, then we would all be farming 2500 acres

would you want to ?

 

[ollie989898]

I don't think I know any farmers who are successful and who don't work like the devil thinking about it. I know a fair few people in other business who are successful who don't seem to work that way but who did take big risks or accept serious stresses for varying periods of time. There ain't no flour without no milling, that is for sure.