tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post5742108555498732983..comments2023-11-07T06:51:41.301-06:00Comments on The Beginning Farmer: Family FarmingEthan Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-74842881179188914882008-04-24T22:42:00.000-05:002008-04-24T22:42:00.000-05:00Rich - I kind of have the same feelings as you. I...Rich - I kind of have the same feelings as you. I grew up around the farm (splitting time between my mom and dad), but wish I would have experienced and learned so much more! Oh well, I guess I'll learn it now ... very slowly ...Ethan Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-78729434337818339482008-04-24T12:12:00.000-05:002008-04-24T12:12:00.000-05:00Your post today (along with many of your other pos...Your post today (along with many of your other posts) got me to thinking about what has caused me to pursue farming as a vocation.<BR/><BR/>Most of my early exposure to farming on both my maternal and paternal grandparents' farms was just tagging along with Grandpa checking cattle, or something like going fishing in farm ponds with my parents, etc. As I got older I helped sporadically with minor jobs but I never really had an definite interest in farming. I was much more interested in things like deer hunting and bass fishing. But as my interest in subjects like deer hunting grew, I started to get much more interested in things like growing food plots, improving native browse, etc. <BR/><BR/>In a domino effect, an interest in deer hunting led to growing food plots led to improving native pastures led to raising cattle led to growing wheat.<BR/><BR/>If I hadn't been allowed to wander all over my grandparents' farms, having the freedom to pursue my varied interests, I doubt if I would have any interest in farming today.<BR/><BR/>Just because children don't show an early interest in farming doesn't mean they won't eventually be interested. Of course, now I wish I had been "forced" to help with more of the farm work so I would know more about how things used to be done by my grandparents and great grandparents.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.com