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HollerGirl56
True Blue Farmgirl
1334 Posts
Barbara
Flat Top
WV
USA
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 Posted - Mar 24 2018 : 07:33:33 AM
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7112 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 24 2018 : 07:46:59 AM
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Hi Barbara, here in Texas farms can be big or small where crops are grown. Family farms can have animals. May run small herds of cattle and horses.
Ranches are usually large from 100 acres to thousands of acres and raise cattle and horses. May grow their own feed.
So as I see it the main difference is farms have crops and ranches cattle/horses.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
2460 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2018 : 07:06:19 AM
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Barbara,
We own a cattle/sheep ranch in Wyoming. I would say the difference is on a ranch our main source of income is livestock. We keep a steady head of mama cows and ewes year after year. We rotate bulls and bucks every five years. Our profit is made by selling the calves/steers/lambs and by selling the wool. The only things that we grow on our place is timothy hay, alfalfa, and barley. These grasses are grown to feed the stock exclusively.
Although I have never lived on a farm, I would say that that their main source of income would be some kind of produce. They may have animals as a side business.
That's my two cents.....
Sherone
Farmgirl Sister #93
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2018 : 12:54:36 PM
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I grew up on a 240 acre "farm" on which we raised all kinds of crops, and had large fruit orchards, mainly apples . . .AND cattle AND sheep! I
For me it was and will always be a "farm". BUT I would agree that most of the "ranching" around here involves livestock and generally more acreage than farms.
CJ
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1036 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2018 : 4:08:08 PM
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I have a dog and a victory garden. Since Shylo is my chief security officer and not actual livestock I guess I have a .15 acre farm and a 15 acre farm in my dreams, ( sigh )
TW
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HollerGirl56
True Blue Farmgirl
1334 Posts
Barbara
Flat Top
WV
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2018 : 06:59:56 AM
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Hi Nancy. I asked that question because a friend suggested we call our place Busted Ass Ranch, but I didn't feel like we have a ranch and Busted Ass Farm sounded stupid. I am sure your home is beautiful and well kept and fun to be on. This place is always a mess---two people can't do it all and my husband works full time. It is rather unkempt. I call it an old hippie house. Too much land can be a pain. Although we don't use that much of ours. If I was younger I could fly around here. I think your small farm sounds great. But when I told a friend who visited I was sorry it was messy---she said---"Is a big place---can't be perfect." So true. I enjoyed your thought on this.
Old Age Ain't No Place For Sissies!------Bette Davis |
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