Off-farm Income

If you have been listening to the show, especially my Tuesday episodes, for some time than you have likely heard me talking about documenting the importance of the growth and progress on your farm or in your agricultural enterprise.  This is very important to both your success and to your marital health, if you happen to have found yourself partaking in that enterprise. The speed of progress in the world of farming can be very slow.  Think about it.  If you buy your first heifer tomorrow, even if she is already bred, you are not selling a calf for 17 months, if you sell it as a feeder.  If you are carrying it over that first winter and selling it directly to a customer as finished beef, you are 29 months away from your first revenue. It can take a lot of time to see results in this lifestyle, and that requires patience.  Patience is a virtue, and it is a particular virtue that many of us, including me, don't have a lot of laying around. Because things move so slow, and you are progressing towards your goal