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Took a trip to Holden yesterday to pick up some roofing for our barn. I hate spending on depreciating assets, but since our barn was built in 1918 I figure I owe it something instead of the other way around. (I will try to get some before and after shots).
There were a lot of harvesters going. It seems everyone and their dog is going. One thing we noticed and discussed in our vehicle is the difference even in the last 5 - 10 years. There are a lot of 60+ year old combine drivers, and it seems that there are not as many wifes/kids/grandkids driving graintrucks as their used to be.
The most successful people at keeping youth in agriculture around here seem to be the Hutterites.
 
The grain trucks guys used now are a bit more complicated to herd down the road than the old beaters everybody learned on for sure. By the end of this weekend things should be getting wrapped up here. kind of ironic that after all the problems with moisture guys were having to quit on Canola because it was getting too dry.
 
unfortunately still not a lot of 25 year old kids on the combines or running grain carts anymore....
 
Dad still gets regular work operating equipment for the same farmers year after year.

Seems they prefer him as being a little older and wiser and not so quick to tear up the equipment because of being in a hurry or things start to go a bit sideways.

He's a ways past 60 now and he's working for guys younger than myself.

bart. †
 
I hear you RSL. It's no different here, very few youngsters on combine crews, other than the Hutterites. THe local custom harvester brought in some other custom guys to help him get it all done. There were 9 combines doing my Grandads wheat across the road from us, and 9 more to the west of us at a neighbours. Sure take alot of crop off in short order with all that iron, but when you get to looking, they have more young people than any of the farms, because they pick up a few young unemployed oilfield guys for a month or however long they can keep them.

The farms are looking older all the time. Not much in those types of operations(large scale grain) to entice young people to stay or come back. Lots of debt, lots of risk, small profit margin. Actually, kinda like that for any farm operation.
 

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