If you want good help you've got to plan ahead, it's a long and expensive process with years of training. 9 month waiting period on each new worker. 7-8 years of training with smaller jobs. About 2-3 more years added to that for beginning machinery. After a couple of years of the beginner machinery apprenticeship, they're usually good to go on all equipment.....though they will still occasionally catch a post, especially when trailers are attached.
If nothing else, after the years of training at your side, your sons and daughters will have an extensive understanding of the application and use of foul language......
Jury duty this week regarding a guy who met a girl on Facebook and brought meth to party.( LE Facebook) One of the jurors a 20ish ranch hand when asked if he would be fair said no. He said his generation has been destroyed by meth, no one wants to work, and people just want to do drugs. He was excused.
If you want good help you've got to plan ahead, it's a long and expensive process with years of training. 9 month waiting period on each new worker. 7-8 years of training with smaller jobs. About 2-3 more years added to that for beginning machinery. After a couple of years of the beginner machinery apprenticeship, they're usually good to go on all equipment.....though they will still occasionally catch a post, especially when trailers are attached.
If nothing else, after the years of training at your side, your sons and daughters will have an extensive understanding of the application and use of foul language......
Then they go to Ag school, see that some careers lead to incomes greater than the equal of a 7-11 employee, get a degree in Ag Chemistry, and go to work for a fertilizer company in Richmond CA.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Until son Jake got out of college this farm was in a bad spot.
Were you on the internet 12 hours a day then too ?
Or was them CB days ?
LOL
wabi's a bit older'n me.
He prolly did the smoke signal thing.
We had tin cans and string.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Hope the calving has been going good Sam. Sure been nice weather. Next week sounds crappy here. Hope we get some much needed moisture. Pastures are going to be in bad shape without moisture.
Sam, we see some ads in our local paper by a couple of National (maybe Western? ) recruiters for farm labor, dairy and ranch help. Wonder if that's a possible source for you folks? Next time I see an ad I'll check the name.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
No offense but working for a farmer or rancher is pretty much a dead-end deal for the non-family employee, from what I see in these parts.
Sometimes housing is included and free beef, but retirement, medical, dental, eye, vacation, sick time aren't part of the deal. Usually a monthly paycheck that stays the same no matter the amount of hours. You just just don't see anybody in these parts doing well working for a farmer/rancher. Those that do may well enjoy it and like the lifestyle, but you can't ever get ahead in life when compared to other jobs.
No offense but working for a farmer or rancher is pretty much a dead-end deal for the non-family employee, from what I see in these parts.
Sometimes housing is included and free beef, but retirement, medical, dental, eye, vacation, sick time aren't part of the deal. Usually a monthly paycheck that stays the same no matter the amount of hours. You just just don't see anybody in these parts doing well working for a farmer/rancher. Those that do may well enjoy it and like the lifestyle, but you can't ever get ahead in life when compared to other jobs.
There are people who will work cheap if they can ride a horse, work cattle, and drag a gooseneck trailer around. The smell of cows, horses, mud, and diesel must be addictive.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
