How many acres?

My wife and I own 200 acres. Of which about 170-175 is tillable and we went another 42 acres. Have my own combine and planter and own a 210 and 7080. Me my parents and grandparents farm about 800 total.

jaybmiller wrote: I've got ONE acre, 2/3 's is wife's veggie garden, my 1/3 has shop and equipment. 2 D-14s and my 'new' Gleaner as well as 7 riding lawn and garden tractors. So do I 'win' for having the most toys on the least amount of land ?

Does your wife use the Gleaner to harvest her garden? lol

I've got 20 acres. I grow fresh veg....truck farming. I also added pastured pigs last Feb and am working them into the rotation. I keep 18 acres in vege.  With the addition of the pigs the only thing not farmed is the inside of the house, shop and garage. Everything else including the front yard gets farmed, much to the chagrin of some of my neighbors.


Edited by singingpig - 20 Jan 2011 at 10:12pm

133 acres...my brother in South Dakota farms 120 of them for me....We grow veggies on the ones here and sell direct to the public. My wife quit her corporate job last fall, so we is livin off'n the land nowa days.....

  Son and I farm about 1300 acres of Corn, Soys, Wheat, and Sugar Beets.  Keeps us busy, own all equipment, 4 semi's and trailiers, and everything else that goes with it. 200 to 300 acres of each crop, rotate all of them all of the time.  Most all fields are half mile long 80 acre pieces, flat as a board , and nice and striaght.  Started all of this on my own at 16 yrs. old  and took a life time to get here, am 62 now. Finially  getting to the end for me, out of dedt and loving that.  Run all green paint and have saved some of my dads orginal  A C stuff, which brings back the old days with memories.  Farmers around here are getting bigger, and land is getting higher. Most stuff, if avialble, is going for $4500. / acre or more.  I'am getting to old to go into much dedt, and my son is already in dedt buying more for himself.  Enjoy all  your comments and keep it going. Thank's to you all.

We own around 200 acres and am guessing 150 tillable which are all currently hay fields except for a couple acres of sweet corn each year. Of the 150 in hay, my son and I will make the hay on 100 acres and will be spraying the other 50 for weeds as they have been multiplying the past few years due to neglect on the part of the guy that used to keep my farm in order while I am out flying. Last year we started haying ourselves again so yes I am burning the candle from both ends. When I retire I will farm full time again! I have all AC tractors. We just bought new or almost new New Holland haying equipment and built a new 60 X 60 hay barn. Everything is paid for in full!

Dad has 60 acres, 30 tillable.  I will be starting to work it this spring and will be planting 20 acres of winter wheat in the fall, the following spring the rest in alfalfa.  Dont have everything I need yet, I am still need a baler and combine but all equipment and land is paid for and Allis.

Leonard

We own about 264 and farm about 630 (give or take 10) we rent the rest and we use all our own equipment. We grow corn, soybeans,and hay.

Edited by R.W - 21 Jan 2011 at 9:39am

Thank you Pig.  My mom and dad nor any of my siblings have ever owned their property in full.  We moved too much as kids and they haven't prioritized it now.  My house is nothing to shout at but it keeps the rain off our head and warm in the winter and it's mine.  Pretty proud of that right now.

BTW-I have AGCO, Vermeer and AC equipment now.  Vermeer is a move away from AGCO and I will eventually get away from them completely.