Farming Question

[buckwild17]

Lease it to hunters !!!!!!

[Billybird]

If you can lease, or sub-lease this property, do it. You'll a little income, without the risk that comes with farming and ranching. This kind of life is filled with rewards, but sadly most of it is not in the form of financial prosperity. The individuals that are making some cash off of farming and ranching are the ones that have grown up in the business and survived.

My wife and I have 10 acres of irrigated farm land here on the Navajo Indian reservation, which I will gladly lease to you for $20 an acre per year, in advance, for as long as you want to use it as a training ground. You must however provide all equipment, supplies, and labor. All we will do is collect your money and take it to the bank. C'ya

[super_dave]

CRP!!!! Farming will make you moderately wealthy if you start out filthy rich!

[Farmdog]

Its a coin toss as to whether I have suffered more as an Aggie football fan or a farmer Farming has treated me well but sometimes I am ready to walk away just so my mind can think of something else.Make sure you can handle the education you are about to recieve..the farm will work you in so many ways you didnt know you could be worked..guard yourself, your marriages, and make friends with your bankers. Magically watch what happens to you.I bet you will somehow learn new languages and have a new found respect for other cultures...you have been blessed with a great opportunity...get in the fire...and these will be the good years. I am just easing into my 4th decade as a farmer and chomping at the bit to start spring planting. I feel behind already. I think you can do it...best of luck and diversify

[PremierGenetics]

In todays time your better off leasing to a large operator in the area.. About the only way youll come out ahead.

X2... Unless your a fan of loosing money of course

[Cuz]

Is it all open country or?

[18ncs]

Well my intension was not to stir the hornets nest...Let me clear some things that have come up as questions.

My great uncles were cotton farmers in south texas, my uncle ran cattle in south texas, my brother in law runs cattle and horses in the panhandle.

I know that around the farm in question people are planting hay, milo and very small amounts of other crops. I see a lot of wheat in some areas. There are cattle all around the farms adjacent. The farm has been used minimally in the past being leased for cattle grazing by locals or I have been told crops in the past but from what I have seen nothing more than grazing.

I may have opened up a can of worms...and certainly didn't want to offend anyone with my question. I have a huge respect for farming/ranching...hence asking the questions I have vs just thinking I was smart enough to jump out there on my own.

Thanks for all the input.

Its a coin toss as to whether I have suffered more as an Aggie football fan or a farmer Farming has treated me well but sometimes I am ready to walk away just so my mind can think of something else.Make sure you can handle the education you are about to recieve..the farm will work you in so many ways you didnt know you could be worked..guard yourself, your marriages, and make friends with your bankers. Magically watch what happens to you.I bet you will somehow learn new languages and have a new found respect for other cultures...you have been blessed with a great opportunity...get in the fire...and these will be the good years. I am just easing into my 4th decade as a farmer and chomping at the bit to start spring planting. I feel behind already. I think you can do it...best of luck and diversify

I don't think you have stirred up a hornet's nest and I see a lot of good comments here. It sounds like you have an itch that needs scratching but you might want to work at your BILs for a hile to get a better feel for what it's all about. Also this may help give you a better idea of which direction to go in. I had an older friend that farmed and raised some cattle around Montgomery. Every spring he was the same way Farmdog is, chomping at the bit to start planting. He was well respected and a man of his word. A handshake was all you really needed. He had a lot of things you couln't put a pencil to... course he was not an Aggie football fan either.

Take a look at some of these comments and send some a PM and I bet you'll get some good advice. Sounds like you're going to go for it, good luck!