Would you make a good farmer?

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Would you make a good farmer?

I'm a city slicker, so I don't really think, that I'd make a good farmer. I like the city life, too much.

Probably not, I can't deal with heat and sun. I would enjoy living on a farm though, with lots of animals. And I wouldn't mind doing some work, but not out in the fields all day sort of work.

Yes, as long as it was just a hobby, not a way to make a living.
I grew up on a farm - and hated a lot of it. Not all of it, but it was A LOT of work.
I think my perfect farm would be a CSA type arrangement (community supported agriculture), where I'd grow organic fruits and veggies, and maybe have a few animals (goats, cows for milking, rabbits, chickens, maybe a horse).
See....already getting carried away. Who am I kidding - I'd love to run the place, but I'd need to hire people to do a lot of the work. I'd work in the greenhouse getting seedlings/plants together, but I hate the HEAT and sunburn really badly (I'm very fair and use tons of suncreen, but I still burn), so I'd hire someone to do the "heavy" work.

I've done camping and outdoor work, so wouldn't find farming impossible.

As gardengirl said, I think I'd be a pretty good farmer, but I really wouldn't want to be one to make a living.

I grew up on a farm & love nature, but I would not make a good farmer as I could not deal with the animal slaughter which I think is cruel, and/or the milking of animals which I think is unnatural.

I'd like to say yes, because I live in the country and have never been a city person.

The truth of the matter, though, is that if I'm going to work outside for a full, hard day, I'd better be doing something physical and pointful, like tearing up a fence to put in a new one. I don't particularly like growing things, and I'm not keen on the idea of livestock.

I am living on a farm at the moment. It is an organic farm, so it is pretty interesting. But I can say that I would catagorically not make a good farmer.

One reason is I hate doing annoying work, such as weeding, and I dont like working with my hands, or cooking, and this is a part of farming. The person earlier who said that farms are a lot of work is absolutely right.

Also, I dont like the meat rearing aspect. I think the milking thing is ok but if I had a milking animal and it died I would dig a grave for it, not eat it. I am really put off meat eating, the animals here are so sweet, and they all have different personalities. I could never eat an animal I have reared and I certainly am thinking twice about my amount of meat intake now. Not that i was ever that into meat.

Also living in the country is hard, it is very quiet and isolating and I grew up in the suburbs, which is boring yes but there are quite a few people around at least. But some aspies might love the rural life...

There are some great things about being out here though. Nature, the elements, cute animals, being more in touch with nature than usual.

Well, I am a part-time farmhand. I rather do the work than the managing part; farming is a lot of managing, in addition to work. Me Daniel, me lift stuff.

I have a decent sized garden wich I work with my honda roto-tiller. I wouldn't mind having a bigger garden that I could work with a nice John Deer tractor.

IMO a small subsistance farm would be the way to go. As far as making a living off the farm. not unless your the third generation on the same farm. Too much start up cost. By the time you buy land and equipment your looking at a 1/2 million $$ or better. But a quarter section would be nice and just as I said subsistance farm. Of course I have a friend down by the Twin Cities who get's quite rich of 20 acres selling produce to the grocery stores. But she has the market down there too. Here it'd be hard 80% of the population grows their own garden.

Sweet corn seems to be a good cash crop though at $4/ dozen.

in this country i'd fail as a farmer simply because i would refuse to knuckle under to evil monsanto corporation which has an effective legal monopoly on soybeans seed stock, meaning the farmer has no choice but to buy his or her seeds from monsanto.

dreadful, i can't wake up before noon. i'd amputate a limb trying to farm at dawn.

I tried very hard to be a farmer and failed miserably.