Farmer or Rancher?

[Canadian_Cowgirl]

What do you guys think distinguishes a farmer from a rancher?

Any ideas would be great help!



Katy

 

[Denny]

FARMER

RANCHER.

I where both hats...

 

[backhoeboogie]

A good rancher is a good grass farmer.

 

[Jinglebob]

A good rancher is a good grass farmer.

:agree:

I'll go ahead and stomp on some toes here.

A rancher has cows to make a living for him. A farmer has cows to make a living for the cows. :wink:

Ranchers live in the west, farmers live in the east. Both can and do raise cattle.

Most ranchers use native grass to graze their cattle most of the year.

Farmers tend to use left over crop stubble and chunks of grass that are not economicly feasable to plant crops on.

Pretty hard to come up with a strict definition.

Many do both, as Denny pointed out.

Clear as mud? :lol:

 

[kolanuraven]

There is no exact definition of either.

You have to be good at both aspects of it if you expect to make a living out of it.

I have a VERY good but idiotic friend who claims to be 100% pure rancher and cusses farmers to no end for no reason at all.

When he starts I tell him to shut up and throw out all the groceries EXCEPT beef, get rid of those cigs also cause a tobacco farmer grew them. Those out his clothes made from cotton, and the bed sheets and the anything made from cotton or wool...all came from ' farmers'.

You can't have one without the other!

 

[Doug Thorson]

I was talking to a mechanic friend the other day about fixing machinery on-site as opposed to in the shop and he told me a lot of farmers had as good a shop as the dealership. the way he put it "If a farmer has a quarter he will spend a dollar, if a rancher has a dollar he might spend a nickel"
That being said I am a rancher, no shop as there is no need to fix it if you can cobble it.
"I have done so much for so long with so little I can do practically anything with almost nothing"

 

[Mike]

If growing peanuts, catfish, and watermelons for myself and grass for the cows designates me a farmer then so be it.

Wasn't there a "Chicken Ranch" in Nevada at one time? :lol:

 

[azcowpuncher]

been there ^^^^^ ha ha nice place it really is

 

[Canadian_Cowgirl]

:shock: :shock: You guys are bad!! :shock: :shock:



Katy

 

[PureCountry]

'Round here it's pretty clear cut - Ranchers are those with ONLY livestock, farmers are those that mostly grain farm. They may have stock, but most of their time/income is grain. That's just sort of a common perception 'round here.

 

[randiliana]

Here, ranchers are the non-intesive livestock raisers. Cattle, Sheep and Horses for the most part.

Farmers are the ones that mostly raise crops(farm). Or the more intensive production of livestock, such as pigs or chickens.

 

[Shelly]

I consider us basically farmers, cows are just another aspect of farming. In my opinion, anything that is raised to put food on the plates of millions is "farmed".

 

[Anonymous]

Its simple- if you wear a baseball cap you're a farmer that day (or a teamroper)- if you wear a cowboy hat, you're a rancher...

 

[PureCountry]

:cboy: :clap: :cboy: :clap: :cboy: :clap:

 

[IL Rancher]

Or an order buyer/auction jockey :lol: :lol:

Around here I am not a farmer.. I am a cattleman or a stockman.. They will call it a cattle ranch or farm but usually they say "where that guy has a bunch of cows, lol). Anyone out west who saw me in person would not confuse me with a rancher, that much is for sure but I doubt many around here would see me and say farmer.. Its a regional thing really and something I spend no time thinking about.. There are probaby some ranchers out west who spend more time in a tractor than I do, lol.

 

[Soapweed]

Farmers and ranchers could both be defined as "agriculturists." Agriculture is the science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. We are all in it together, and both breeds of cats are necessary for the existence of humanity. In the general scheme of civilization, farmers and ranchers are mostly under-appreciated, under-paid, and over-worked. Their city counterparts usually don't have a clue as to how vital these agriculturists are in providing food, clothing and shelter for all of the people on all of the continents. City people tend to think of farmers and ranchers as "hicks," and perhaps we who are somewhat enjoy keeping that image alive. :wink:

Along the same line of thinking, when I was a kid I asked my dad the difference between ranchers and cowboys. He said, "Ranchers raise cattle to make a living. Cowboys mostly ride broncs and drink beer."

This next is along a whole different line of thinking, but it has given me amusement ever since I heard it earlier today. After attending a meeting this morning, another gentleman and I had dinner together at one of the cafes in Valentine. He was telling me about one of his acquaintances. It seems this fellow thought he was happily married, but discovered that his wife had spent the night at a motel with his best fishing buddy. The discovery was made after the fishing buddy's wife called the other man to ask if he knew where his wife was. He said, "She had to go out of town to see her sick cousin." The other lady said, "Guess again, I am sure she is at a motel with my husband." She had discovered this by charges on her credit card.

Eventually the cheaters took up together full time. The two losers-in-love dated a couple times but there didn't seem to be any real chemistry between them, so that idea was abandoned. All four people still lived in the same small rural community. It was kind of a sore subject for awhile, but eventually the two guys made amends and continued to be friends (after all, good fishing buddies are hard to come by). The man from then on called the fishing buddy his "husband-in-law." Whatever works. :shock: :wink:

 

[SHORTSTUFF]

Around here ranching and farming are closely intertwined, but I always say that the farmer always wants to take the feed to the cow and the rancher always takes the cow to the feed.

 

[jigs]

Around here ranching and farming are closely intertwined, but I always say that the farmer always wants to take the feed to the cow and the rancher always takes the cow to the feed.

now that is a definition that REALLY separates them!@

 

[CattleArmy]

Here, ranchers are the non-intesive livestock raisers. Cattle, Sheep and Horses for the most part.

Farmers are the ones that mostly raise crops(farm). Or the more intensive production of livestock, such as pigs or chickens.

:shock: Ranchers can raise sheep evidentally ........so what are ranchers who herd sheep called?

 

[kolanuraven]

Here, ranchers are the non-intesive livestock raisers. Cattle, Sheep and Horses for the most part.

Farmers are the ones that mostly raise crops(farm). Or the more intensive production of livestock, such as pigs or chickens.

:shock: Ranchers can raise sheep evidentally ........so what are ranchers who herd sheep called?

I've heard them called lots of names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: