Quote Originally Posted by Tri Girl View Post
My DH's grandparents still farm (and they're in their 80's).
God bless farmers; not only are they chic- they work like crazy to provide the things that I love to eat.
That is remarkable they are still farming. They probably will find it tough once their lifestyle changes when they can no longer do it. Or maybe not.

When he got into farming, he knew nothing. (He has a civil engineering degree.) So he did take some evening part-time courses at a nearby university on animal husbandry (university is known nationally for veterinary and agricultural sciences for many years). Also mentored by a local farmer 25 yrs. his senior. They had an arrangement where farmer occasionally shared hay baling work and interim checking of the animals when my partner went back into the city to his oil firm job.

I didn't know that pigs, cows and horses could be left on their own with shelter and adequate food for a few days.