Madison Co. Virginia | TP from Central PA - 7/8/2022 21:44
The thing about a farm is the wide scope of things you might get into daily that you often do not even plan for that morning isn't duplicated anywhere else..................Every where else I ever worked the scope of what you were doing was fairly narrow, no so on a farm, especially one with cows needing milked 2x a day. And honestly, feeding an milking usually were fairly low excitement times and seemed to break up the day when everything..... weather/equipment flying apart/or other unforseen event was usually happening.
If this is the aspect of dairy farming you miss, consider replacing it with handyman work. There's a whole industry of folks who are mostly one-man-bands just driving around and fixing stuff for people. Replacing lightbulbs, drywall repairs, hanging shelves and TV's, reflashing roofs, caulking windows, clearing fallen trees, replacing bathroom fixtures, fixing tile, flooring repairs, small painting jobs, etc. Charge between $75 and $150 per hour, depending on your area; but don't give that number to the customer. Instead, quote each job over the phone, so that they are paying per job, not by the hour. Aim for 20 billable hours per week. |
Life after dairy farming
