Labor Day Weekend
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twilliams said in Labor Day Weekend:
I want to give a huge shout out to the farmers. They don’t get holidays off. They don’t get sick days. They don’t get vacations. 24 hours a day 365. I did this profession for 10 years. They give the ultimate sacrifice!!
20 years on the family dairy farm.
When I started working 8 hr. shifts getting paid by the hour and weekends off I thought man, this is great!glen i worked my fulltime job of 10 hour shifts 6 days a week most of the time and farmed right after that for 5 hours 6 days a week. Sunday sometimes more depending on what needed to be done. I dont know how i did it for 10 years but it definitely burned me out. The market crashed and farmers were really struggling with prices. He said he may have to temporarily hault my employment as he just couldnt afford it any longer trying to keep the farm afloat he cut a bunch costs. Got rid of his new tractors and bought some old ones. It really hit him hard. About a week later of our discussion my fulltime job looked at other companies of what they were paying their employees for my position and decided they had to raise us up to remain competitive. So it all worked out in the end. And yes it is nice to have weekends off, i wont work 6 days a week at the fulltime job either. I missed alot of family and friend time in those 10 years. Money is nice, just shouldnt run your life
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glen i worked my fulltime job of 10 hour shifts 6 days a week most of the time and farmed right after that for 5 hours 6 days a week. Sunday sometimes more depending on what needed to be done. I dont know how i did it for 10 years but it definitely burned me out. The market crashed and farmers were really struggling with prices. He said he may have to temporarily hault my employment as he just couldnt afford it any longer trying to keep the farm afloat he cut a bunch costs. Got rid of his new tractors and bought some old ones. It really hit him hard. About a week later of our discussion my fulltime job looked at other companies of what they were paying their employees for my position and decided they had to raise us up to remain competitive. So it all worked out in the end. And yes it is nice to have weekends off, i wont work 6 days a week at the fulltime job either. I missed alot of family and friend time in those 10 years. Money is nice, just shouldnt run your life
twilliams I am glad it is working out better for you & wish it could for everyone.
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glen i worked my fulltime job of 10 hour shifts 6 days a week most of the time and farmed right after that for 5 hours 6 days a week. Sunday sometimes more depending on what needed to be done. I dont know how i did it for 10 years but it definitely burned me out. The market crashed and farmers were really struggling with prices. He said he may have to temporarily hault my employment as he just couldnt afford it any longer trying to keep the farm afloat he cut a bunch costs. Got rid of his new tractors and bought some old ones. It really hit him hard. About a week later of our discussion my fulltime job looked at other companies of what they were paying their employees for my position and decided they had to raise us up to remain competitive. So it all worked out in the end. And yes it is nice to have weekends off, i wont work 6 days a week at the fulltime job either. I missed alot of family and friend time in those 10 years. Money is nice, just shouldnt run your life
twilliams Amen, I have had several friends who did the same to keep the family farms going. Working at a factory, just to come home and keep the farm running. It always amazed me how dedicated they were. My respect to you for doing it.
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twilliams I am glad it is working out better for you & wish it could for everyone.
calldoctoday I agree, I believe it’s better for my farm boss as well. I think the prices came back up and he still has his other 3 Guatemalans working for him. Very nice folks. 1 is trying to get his family here and get citizenship. Very hard workers. As far as the rest of the country right now I hope everything gets back to some normalcy and all can live prosperous that want to.
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glen i worked my fulltime job of 10 hour shifts 6 days a week most of the time and farmed right after that for 5 hours 6 days a week. Sunday sometimes more depending on what needed to be done. I dont know how i did it for 10 years but it definitely burned me out. The market crashed and farmers were really struggling with prices. He said he may have to temporarily hault my employment as he just couldnt afford it any longer trying to keep the farm afloat he cut a bunch costs. Got rid of his new tractors and bought some old ones. It really hit him hard. About a week later of our discussion my fulltime job looked at other companies of what they were paying their employees for my position and decided they had to raise us up to remain competitive. So it all worked out in the end. And yes it is nice to have weekends off, i wont work 6 days a week at the fulltime job either. I missed alot of family and friend time in those 10 years. Money is nice, just shouldnt run your life
twilliams That’s some dedication that many would not even attempt to accomplish. Hat’s off to you.
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glen i worked my fulltime job of 10 hour shifts 6 days a week most of the time and farmed right after that for 5 hours 6 days a week. Sunday sometimes more depending on what needed to be done. I dont know how i did it for 10 years but it definitely burned me out. The market crashed and farmers were really struggling with prices. He said he may have to temporarily hault my employment as he just couldnt afford it any longer trying to keep the farm afloat he cut a bunch costs. Got rid of his new tractors and bought some old ones. It really hit him hard. About a week later of our discussion my fulltime job looked at other companies of what they were paying their employees for my position and decided they had to raise us up to remain competitive. So it all worked out in the end. And yes it is nice to have weekends off, i wont work 6 days a week at the fulltime job either. I missed alot of family and friend time in those 10 years. Money is nice, just shouldnt run your life
twilliams Yeah, I’m not saying I had it rough you just get used to it.
Before school, after school, In those days it wasn’t unusual to expect a 6 year old to carry their weight.
Never thought about it since I was born into it, except I missed all the kid oriented TV shows my classmates always talked about
Got to stop when dairying didn’t pay anymore for the smaller herds, never looked back -
Went to the farmer’s market on the square and purchased a bunch of Jalapenos and Poblanos to smoke and dry for future use. Started on Saturday and finished today because the “watching” of the first 3 batches was stopped when we wanted to start watching thee Georgia-Clemson game and being close to fire was getting to be an obstacle due to tooo many bourbon tasting sessions. Like many days out there, pics were not taken. Finished up the bags on Sunday and took some pics because “other” things didn’t get in the way. Will be ready when the supplies are needed in the future. So, here’s the second day batch.
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Do I need to dry my peppers before I put them in sausage or can I use them right from the garden
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Love Labor Day Weekend, the official start of fall and hunting season. Everyone be safe.
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