Show 7 A6 — the Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday Farms I Continued from A1 “What you’ll find is that the ones what the principal occupation is outside the farm they’re averaging three times higher than the ones whose principal occupation is on the farm” said Rick Kestle state statistician with the Utah ' Department of Agriculture “The smaller farms are disappearing andor somebody has to go to work someplace else to keep a living going” For many farmers in Cache Valley working a steady job outside the farm is a necessity A lot of the farms in the valley are small and there isn’t enough income to take care of a family “Even if I made $200 net per cow it would take a whole lot more cows than I have to be able to have any kind of ah income at all” said Peterson Agriculture said retired January 12 2003 thing” Israelsen said teacher and dry farmer Larry Olsen is one business where bigger is better “You have all the expenses to run 100 acres as you do to run 1000 acres” Olsen said Most farmers can’t survive with anything less than 300 aefes without a second job Then there’s the issue pf benefits Many fanners who work off the farm say it’s Jiard to pass up the security of a guaranteed income with paid health care and retirement benefits “Health insurance is a major issue for people” Israelsen said “It’s very very costly: If they are able to get employment with an organization and qualify for some group health benefits that ed ' teaching “If s a big big thing” Archibald said Not everyone though is working off the farm to stay on the land For some a second job ofT the farm is a career choice It’s the 1860s “My mother’s generation liked to farm My father's generation liked to farm! And I like to farm” Olsen said Scott M archant a loan officer at Western Ag Ctedit in Logan said farming is more of a hobby Marchant helps out on the family farm in North Smith-fiel- d 66 Cecil Archibald a retired math and science teacher and dry farmer in Benson said he used to work summers doing construction “It’s hard for a little farm to make it” Archibald said “I could probably give you the land and the equipment and I still don’t think you could make it” It’s hard for any farmer he said not to go into debt when a new tractor costs $60000 and you’re barely pulling in $16000 frqm the farm “It’s just too difficult” 'Archibald said Archibald farmed for 40 years and taught school at Cedar Ridge for 35 Health insurance benefits were a major reason he got into “It’s hard for a little farm to make it I could probably give you the land and the equipment and I still don’t think you could make it” ' “I farm a little bit with my father” Marchant said “I'm cheaply paid labor It’s kind of a hobby Definitely not a principal source of income” He still gets up at 5:30 in the morning and does some irrigating and spends a couple of hours a night on the farm after work but he said he couldn’t make it on a farm income alone “It gets in your blood and I really enjoy it but income from agriculture is pretty unstable” Marchant said “You don’t know what you're going to get one year to the next and having a nonfarm income adds a lot of stability” - Cecil Archibald teacher farmer a Way for them to do g they like and still keep a family tradition alive “I’ve been fortunate” Olsen said “I’ve had the best of both worlds I had all the amenities of someone paying for my insurance and retirement and I could still teach and do the other thing I love which is to be a part of the some-thin- : becomes a major issue” That’s why you see a lot of farmers in Cache Valley doing double duty as teachers bankers mechanics construction workers feed sellers or truck drivers “A farmer is rather versatile They can do just about any Rock legend denies he’s a pedophile — ‘ land” Olsen's family has been farming in Petersboro since S sL 0 Arrive ' Close to golf fishing recreation & shopping Walking trails A private groves Stunning Architecture - Complete Main Floor Living To the lifestyle you have always dreamed of! ‘W’alfqng ‘trails ‘Elegant ‘Homes (jrcenSelts Sti!E t ‘from 1310 Sd- ‘ft to J21X) Momes from $158 (W Single 'feut ‘Patio ‘Jfome ‘Elans 'fou) Uvailabh For more information and pricing please contact: Alice H Redd 4359940985 - Delsa H Thome 4359940987 Debbie Jones 4359940884 Bin III' AntMiNr litjh H4IJ2 wuucohlilcstonvatsprinf'crcekeoin believe I was sexually abused I cannot remember clearly what happened but my creative work tends to throw up nasty shadows — particularly in ’Tommy’ ir Peterson said Private secure and gated community Club House pool fitness center Maintained yards snow removal Guitarist years” Townshend said “I Even his fathef A'Geoige Marchant taught school and farmed According to Israelsen there’s another benefit to keeping the family fanning tradition going! 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