I have long had a fondness for hogs, we used to finish out 1200 per year, a far cry from what what is todays norm, but back in the day we were considered a large hog farm. We also raised 600 head of cattle a year, then went into the cow/calf side of things.
I left the family farm in 1989, I was to be the fifth generation farmer, but with drought and then floods I couldn't take the poverty anymore and decided to leave the family farm and become a building contractor.
....problem is....I never really wanted to leave the family farm.....raising a family and hoping to give them a chance at a good life was the root of my leaving......so, now that my kids are raised and doing well, I have this gnawing in the back of my head to get back to my roots, where I was comfortable, where I felt a closeness with who I really am......
I know I can never return to what once was, but I can still hang on to my past....my roots. It is part of the reason to keep 30 acres and grow crops, part of the reason I built a gambrel barn......the reason I bought the 3020 John Deere.......the reason I help dad restore all these tractors, it is who we are and what we are.
So......a very long story short, I got a few hogs today to raise for meat.....they go along with the chickens I been raising for eggs.
Bacon and eggs will be served every Saturday morning with hot coffee.....now the wife wants me to get a few steers.
Who wants to come over for breakfast?
I left the family farm in 1989, I was to be the fifth generation farmer, but with drought and then floods I couldn't take the poverty anymore and decided to leave the family farm and become a building contractor.
....problem is....I never really wanted to leave the family farm.....raising a family and hoping to give them a chance at a good life was the root of my leaving......so, now that my kids are raised and doing well, I have this gnawing in the back of my head to get back to my roots, where I was comfortable, where I felt a closeness with who I really am......
I know I can never return to what once was, but I can still hang on to my past....my roots. It is part of the reason to keep 30 acres and grow crops, part of the reason I built a gambrel barn......the reason I bought the 3020 John Deere.......the reason I help dad restore all these tractors, it is who we are and what we are.
So......a very long story short, I got a few hogs today to raise for meat.....they go along with the chickens I been raising for eggs.
Bacon and eggs will be served every Saturday morning with hot coffee.....now the wife wants me to get a few steers.
Who wants to come over for breakfast?