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How do farmers make the main some of their money?

Do they harvest their own crops? Do they do all the work and not hire or do they hire.

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Keyston’s Answer

From what I've seen, farmers have a few income streams. I have a buddy with a farm and his inclome streams are cattle, crops, and horses. He pretty much harvest his own crops, and the livestock they raise can be sold for meat or breeding. Some farmers manage everything themselves, while others hire help for tasks like planting, harvesting, and animal care. Finding the right balance between self-work and hiring depends on the scale and resources of the farm.
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Christine’s Answer

Most people who go into Agriculture do it for the work ethic, love of being your own boss, and the country life. The big thing to remember is it is hard work, 14-16 hr days, 7 days a week little down time, big expenses, not much income. I have an AAS in Ag science, and a BS in Animal science. I did not grow up on a farm, but had spent time at my Great Uncle's farm, volunteering for a vet hospital, went to the fair with friends who had cows, and a love of horses. I was told I was book smart but not farm smart. Well, I learned it all. Even ran the farm pregnant with a 2 year old. I had planned on vet school, but fell in love with a farmer. We had dairy cows, and that is a 24hr/ day a week job. We put in our own crops, while we were small, then paired with another farmer to put in all our farm crops, then when he was hurt by the bull, I ran our farm while my husband ran his until the cows left then he worked for our neighbor who put in our crops, then we hired it out. We paid retail prices, paid for wholesale sales and dependent on the government for the milk prices. My boys intended on running the farm, but their father sold the cows. I was no longer married to him. Loved every minute of it, miss it and it made me a better nurse. Best wishes, I was a DHI milk tester before I was married, so I kinda knew what I was getting into
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Brian’s Answer

It varies wildly depending on the size/scale of the farm, and the specific crop they are growing. Some crops like Almonds can highly mechanized where all the shaking/sweeping/picking the almonds is done with machines crewed by a single person. Some smaller farmers will have a contract with a sperate company to harvest their almonds.

On the other hand, crops like sweat potatoes need a sizeable crew to pick and sort the sweet-potatoes as they come off a harvester's conveyor belt.

Granted I am not a farmer, and most of my knowledge about farming comes from the time I worked for a buisness making replacement parts for nut harvesting equipment.
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