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Farmer or Rancher?

DOC HARRIS said:
Okay - I'll jump into the fray!

Ranchers raise "Ruminants" (cattle, sheep, goats, etc.), primarily, and the CROPS with which Ruminants are fed.

Farmers raise "Crops" (Hay, grain, ,etc), primarily, to which Ruminants are fed, AND they MAY also raise NON-Ruminants (Swine, poultry, fish, etc.) and the CROPS with which NON-Ruminants are fed - AND the "Crops" with which HUMAN BEINGS (Men, women, children, and, occasionally, Politicians) are fed.

Some RANCHERS are Ranchers AND Farmers.

Some FARMERS are Farmers AND Ranchers.

Unfortunately - some RANCHERS and FARMERS are NEITHER Ranchers NOR farmers!

DOC HARRIS
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So what does that make us folks??? :???: We raise cattle (buy, background, and sell feeders, more-like) and grow crops that are primarily for livestock consumption, but lately we've been growing a number of acres for human consumption too (if you can call growing canola growing for human consumption)...answers please....
 
IluvAltaBeef said:
DOC HARRIS said:
Okay - I'll jump into the fray!

Ranchers raise "Ruminants" (cattle, sheep, goats, etc.), primarily, and the CROPS with which Ruminants are fed.

Farmers raise "Crops" (Hay, grain, ,etc), primarily, to which Ruminants are fed, AND they MAY also raise NON-Ruminants (Swine, poultry, fish, etc.) and the CROPS with which NON-Ruminants are fed - AND the "Crops" with which HUMAN BEINGS (Men, women, children, and, occasionally, Politicians) are fed.

Some RANCHERS are Ranchers AND Farmers.

Some FARMERS are Farmers AND Ranchers.

Unfortunately - some RANCHERS and FARMERS are NEITHER Ranchers NOR farmers!

DOC HARRIS
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So what does that make us folks??? :???: We raise cattle (buy, background, and sell feeders, more-like) and grow crops that are primarily for livestock consumption, but lately we've been growing a number of acres for human consumption too (if you can call growing canola growing for human consumption)...answers please....
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What does it say on your income tax form, under occupation?

Cowboy, rancher or farmer or whatever?
 
IluvAltaBeef said:
DOC HARRIS said:
Okay - I'll jump into the fray!

Ranchers raise "Ruminants" (cattle, sheep, goats, etc.), primarily, and the CROPS with which Ruminants are fed.

Farmers raise "Crops" (Hay, grain, ,etc), primarily, to which Ruminants are fed, AND they MAY also raise NON-Ruminants (Swine, poultry, fish, etc.) and the CROPS with which NON-Ruminants are fed - AND the "Crops" with which HUMAN BEINGS (Men, women, children, and, occasionally, Politicians) are fed.

Some RANCHERS are Ranchers AND Farmers.

Some FARMERS are Farmers AND Ranchers.

Unfortunately - some RANCHERS and FARMERS are NEITHER Ranchers NOR farmers!

DOC HARRIS
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So what does that make us folks??? :???: We raise cattle (buy, background, and sell feeders, more-like) and grow crops that are primarily for livestock consumption, but lately we've been growing a number of acres for human consumption too (if you can call growing canola growing for human consumption)...answers please....
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-OT took the words directly out of my mouth! They say great minds think alike!! :roll: :lol:

DOC HARRIS
 
A picture is worth a thousand words. "Arizona Big Ranch Country Morning" is a RANCH.

Ranchers don't grow crops. We grow cattle.
 
Cowgirl2u, you also don't have the winters we northerners do. Our crop is grass, and we harvest it with cattle, but grass fails to grow in frozen ground under a foot of snow and -30 temperatures. Hay is required whether we grow it on our land, or it grows on trucks that roll into your yard - either way we gotta have it.
 
I haven't read the six pages of this thread but whenever someone has asked about the difference between a rancher and a farmer I've always said - "a Gully-washer". Think about that one.
 
DJL said:
Cowgirl2u, you also don't have the winters we northerners do. Our crop is grass, and we harvest it with cattle, but grass fails to grow in frozen ground under a foot of snow and -30 temperatures. Hay is required whether we grow it on our land, or it grows on trucks that roll into your yard - either way we gotta have it.
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:agree:

Thank you DJL.

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 
Jinglebob said:
What does it say on your income tax form, under occupation?

Cowboy, rancher or farmer or whatever?
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8) Too true,walkin' down beach at Sylvan lake 2 yr's ago and LITTLE girl asked me if I was a real cowboy.Didn't have an answer and has kept me up some nights thinking of what answer should be!
 
Hereford76 said:
I haven't read the six pages of this thread but whenever someone has asked about the difference between a rancher and a farmer I've always said - "a Gully-washer". Think about that one.
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8) Bringin' the cows up from bottom??
 
greg said:
Jinglebob said:
What does it say on your income tax form, under occupation?

Cowboy, rancher or farmer or whatever?
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8) Too true,walkin' down beach at Sylvan lake 2 yr's ago and LITTLE girl asked me if I was a real cowboy.Didn't have an answer and has kept me up some nights thinking of what answer should be!
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Greg-

Would it have kept you up some nights if a BIG girl had asked you if you were a REAL cowboy?? Would you have had an answer??

DOC HARRIS
 
You weren't walking down the beach in full cowboy " style" were you??? I hope not!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You'd be like Richard Nixon who was famous for going to the beach in a 3 piece suit & tie!!!!

You Canadians gotta loosen up!!! :wink: :wink:
 
kolanuraven said:
You weren't walking down the beach in full cowboy " style" were you??? I hope not!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You'd be like Richard Nixon who was famous for going to the beach in a 3 piece suit & tie!!!!

You Canadians gotta loosen up!!! :wink: :wink:
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Ummmmm,yes he was :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
jigs said:
always wear your spurs to the beach....you may need them to ward off a shark!
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Spurs are good to keep seahorses lined out, also. It kind of impresses the mermaids when they see a sea-going cowpoke dragging spurs through the sand, especially if he is wearing a hat and using his chinks for a swim suit. :shock: :roll: :wink: :-)
 

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