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To: tiki

Good luck on this year’s farming. Your post reminded me of that old joke where the farmer wins the $10 million lottery. When asked by the reporter what he is going to do with all of that money, the farmer replies “Oh - I reckon I’ll keep farming for a few more years.”


148 posted on 01/17/2011 8:47:36 PM PST by 21twelve ( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
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To: 21twelve

Luckily, we grow a niche crop and weather permitting should be able to make a profit.

I’m not good with jokes but there is another one. How can you become a millionare by farming? Start with multi-millions.

Seriously, in the early ‘80s a guy who had just inherited 7 million decided to farm in our county, he was broke in 5 years. He came from dryland country and just couldn’t understand the economics of irrigated land.


150 posted on 01/17/2011 9:02:52 PM PST by tiki
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