<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>zknow</author><text>that might be gone but in my experience - and I live on a farm in the developed world - while some tasks are handled by professionals on serious operations, its pretty common for farmers to do a bit of their own welding, a bit of their own plumbing, treat their own animals, etc, and only bring in professionals for big jobs. Its still very much a family affair even if a farm is only focused on one crop.</text><parent_chain><item><author>AdamN</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;Not sure how commmon this is anymore.  The age of the family farm with a mix of livestock, rotating crops, and woodlands are long gone in the developed world.  Each of these tasks would be handled mostly by a professional in any serious farming operation.</text></item><item><author>zer00eyz</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there&amp;#x27;s more tech in a tractor than in some startups.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Yea, most people dont get what a &amp;quot;future&amp;quot; is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a lesson too)... The farm has the support of a lot of high finance and hedging exists not just as an instrument but has a purpose.&lt;p&gt;Ask a farmer about a grain&amp;#x2F;pork &amp;quot;Marketing Plan&amp;quot; and who they are hiring as advisors and where that person got their degree...&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a complicated world and there are some interesting intersections out there.</text></item><item><author>KaiserPro</author><text>I do hope they enjoy it.&lt;p&gt;I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work.&lt;p&gt;Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Would I take up farming? probably not. Would rather become a water mill owner? hell yeah.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: &quot;Have taken up farming&quot;</title><url>https://github.com/dylanaraps</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>chongli</author><text>Look up “Just a few acres farm” on YouTube. Pete, a retired architect, has done all of the above and documented it on his YouTube channel. Heck, add aerial drone videographer and video editor to the list. He makes some excellent videos while cutting hay!&lt;p&gt;He also has a lot of really practical videos on the business of small farming. He’s very adamant about not going into debt before you start, doing market research in your area, and starting very small but rolling over the proceeds from your first sales back into the farm.</text><parent_chain><item><author>AdamN</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;Not sure how commmon this is anymore.  The age of the family farm with a mix of livestock, rotating crops, and woodlands are long gone in the developed world.  Each of these tasks would be handled mostly by a professional in any serious farming operation.</text></item><item><author>zer00eyz</author><text>&amp;gt; You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist&lt;p&gt;I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there&amp;#x27;s more tech in a tractor than in some startups.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Yea, most people dont get what a &amp;quot;future&amp;quot; is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a lesson too)... The farm has the support of a lot of high finance and hedging exists not just as an instrument but has a purpose.&lt;p&gt;Ask a farmer about a grain&amp;#x2F;pork &amp;quot;Marketing Plan&amp;quot; and who they are hiring as advisors and where that person got their degree...&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a complicated world and there are some interesting intersections out there.</text></item><item><author>KaiserPro</author><text>I do hope they enjoy it.&lt;p&gt;I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work.&lt;p&gt;Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you&amp;#x27;re doing properly, crooked accountant as well.&lt;p&gt;Would I take up farming? probably not. Would rather become a water mill owner? hell yeah.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: &quot;Have taken up farming&quot;</title><url>https://github.com/dylanaraps</url></story>