What should an experienced farmer know?

[dogus]

As a young person who wants to be a farmer, i want to know what an experienced farmer should know.Most of the people that live in my country are too unlearned about farming. So, with using internet, i believe i can learn a lot of things about farming until i start to do this job. In addition, you can advise me books, journals, articles, written sources etc.

 

[spin cycle]

lesson number one.....no matter how much experience you have ....mother nature has more...and she's not shy about proving it

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Plenty to read on here, but you can't learn much out if books, you need hands on, like get a job on a farm and watch what he does

 

[milkloss]

What sort of farming do you want to learn about? Where do you want to do this farming?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

But, and with no offence intended but quite a few farmers are stuck it their way know alls,

 

[marcot]

None taken !!!!!

 

[marcot]

Oh and anyone from Wales may have an unhealthy interest in sheep....

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Best piece of advice "The first loss is the best loss"!!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

So what about the English Man and his Tractor,!! or was it Tractors!

 

[Lincs Lass]

Many years ago my dad told me they had a young guy ,fresh out of agricultural college start on the farm ,,well he thought he knew it all ,,he had studied hard ,learnt everything from books ,,got a huge shock when my dads boss told him on his first day that what ever he thought he knew he could forget and do things the way it been done for years ,,Dad said he made a good worker once he stopped referring to every book he had read

 

[dogus]

What sort of farming do you want to learn about? Where do you want to do this farming?

i was live in a small town until i start to university. so it is not possible to work on it. but the climate is suitable for most of vegetables.

 

[Still Farming]

A Steep upward learning curve ???

 

[spin cycle]

Many years ago my dad told me they had a young guy ,fresh out of agricultural college start on the farm ,,well he thought he knew it all ,,he had studied hard ,learnt everything from books ,,got a huge shock when my dads boss told him on his first day that what ever he thought he knew he could forget and do things the way it been done for years ,,Dad said he made a good worker once he stopped referring to every book he had read

pretty much my experience....the best thing they do teach you is to think about the job IMO

 

[DeeGee]

I was once told by a an elderly and very successful farmer that if half the decisions you make turn out to be right then you have done well.

 

[ProDrive]

Try to sell it for more than it costs to produce it.

 

[bigrob]

Many years ago my dad told me they had a young guy ,fresh out of agricultural college start on the farm ,,well he thought he knew it all ,,he had studied hard ,learnt everything from books ,,got a huge shock when my dads boss told him on his first day that what ever he thought he knew he could forget and do things the way it been done for years ,,Dad said he made a good worker once he stopped referring to every book he had read

And that's a good thing? Was the farm still using a wood plough pulled by serfs, or had some new thinking been allowed occasionally?

 

[Yale]

lesson number one.....no matter how much experience you have ....mother nature has more...and she's not shy about proving it

Using nature and going with it growing crops etc. makes life easier.

Trying to go against nature makes hard work.

 

[Lincs Lass]

And that's a good thing? Was the farm still using a wood plough pulled by serfs, or had some new thinking been allowed occasionally?

Im going back 45 yrs ,,young lad first job was fencing but how they had done fencing and how the lad had seen it done in books was two completely different things,,

 

[More to life]

An experinced farmer knows he is still learning,

 

[Condi]

Im going back 45 yrs ,,young lad first job was fencing but how they had done fencing and how the lad had seen it done in books was two completely different things,,

You've not answered the question. All you've said is they made him do it the way it had been done for years. Maybe the way the books had taught him was better than the way the farm used to do it.

Tbh that is a terrible attitude to have. Granted a lot of knowledge is tacit, but even still, to disregard everything from books and go back to 'the way its been done for years' is probably the WORST advice you could give.

No wonder farming (generally) is rather behind the times.