Now that the season to be jolly is over, I'm looking for a job. I've filled out an application for a local grocery store for starters... I will probably get some other applications from around town as well. The goal is to work as much as I can and buy cows.... or use the money for farm related stuff. It's complicated of course, but all of the adults in the family are looking for ways to cut back on spending and make some money to get ahead. These are pretty tough times for farmers. 2009, as I have stated before, was one of the worst years for farming in the past 70 years. In 2010 it was all farmers could do to break even if they were even able to do that. A lot of farms went out of business. We luckily expanded our cow heard in 2008 without expanding our facilities (which we had also wanted to do). It's very likely that it was the extra cows that kept us afloat in a sea of financial distress during that time.
Now... with a new year approaching and the future milk prices looking grim our family is going to have to change some ways of operating. We've had to think outside the box... and search for alternative ways of making money. It's pretty tricky but I'm confident that with a few strings pulled it will all work out.
So.... wish us luck. =)
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