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michigan | Dodgefarmboy
I'm 48 years old this is a second career for me or like my wife says my midlife crisis. I milk 35 cows in a double four parlor and house them in a freestall barn. You say you are 23 you have time on your side. It took me three years to build my barn and parlor. I bought two milking parlors from other farms removed them and installed in my barn. you can save a ton of money by doing it yourself. I dont kow what resouces you have I would say that you need to find something to do that you can raise a nice sum of cash. I would not start this until you have 50 to 100 thousand dollars and one year of feed. When I got out of highschool in the early 80s farming was pretty tough and jobs were very hard to find where I grew up. I was bellyaching to my grandad he told me oppertunity was only a bus ticket away. I went to a different part of the country about 2500 miles from home and found work that paid very well. But I kept my dream alive in my head. I hear on the news that the oil business in the Dakotas is booming. Maybe you could go there and work a few years and pocket some start up money. Someday I will take the time to post some pictures. I do not want to discourage you in anyway. Best of luck to you. | |
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Made it though first year milking cows
