r/smallfarms

we were just blessed in a way that both hurt us and blessed us and I inherited 109 acres of farmland from my dads brother I haven’t spoke to but hey how you doing here and there and not for lack of trying I always sent cards and a Christmas and birthday gifts well it’s been pretty unattended 6 horses 59 cattle 3 goats 2 donkeys 17 sheep and a shit ton of chickens which I’m not a fan off but they’re human souls so I’ll tend to them. My dogs are actually adjusting so well I’m gonna try to teach them Hearding my male dogs already got the idea he runs shit out here and I think he’ll do well and my female dog will follow him anywhere so we’re gonna put them on a few sheep and go from there what I’m most concerned about is the pastures the horses haven’t been let out there in atleast 2 years. Besides cutting the grass what’re some things I should look for as far as things they can’t eat , stuff they could step on etc also can I rotate my cattle in the pastures my horses go or should I separate them entirely? One of the horses is wild the stallion he has never been broken he won’t go into the stables he just let me near him for the first time yesterday and finally took a carrot from my hand and then took tf off 🙄 he’s the only horse we don’t have a lot of information on we were able to trap him and get a fairer and vet out which ultimately scared the fuck out of him any tips on that would be appreciated as well thank you in advance

Hello, I am close to finishing my undergrad (completely unrelated) and would like to pursue a masters degree in agriculture. This may sound crazy, but my goal is to move to Kenya, buy some land, grow crops on it and use that food to combat starvation in Nairobi and rural Kenya. I do have money to buy land in Kenya and equipment, and in 2027 plan to buy 2-5 acres of raw land to farm here in Oklahoma, just for hands on experience.

Is an online degree in crop science worth anything, knowledge and experience wise?? I was looking at the online international agriculture degree from OSU.

Maybe I am being foolish or naive, honest advice and constructive criticism welcomed. Thanks.

Hey there, as the title says I'm looking to get some advice. I graduated college a year ago with my BA in History. In the process of figuring out what I wanted to do with my life after moving back home I found work on a local regenerative ag farm, about 5 acres. I'm severely underpaid, but, who isn't these days? What makes up for that is the amount of skills I've learned which have proven to be invaluable.

I got some news from my Dad the other day that he wants to buy some land for the family, develop a vineyard on it and so on. He wants me to help get it running in the next year... As excited as I am for the opportunity to really break into agriculture on my own terms, I feel underprepared.

I was wondering what you lot might think of this?

I could get a seasonal job up North (California) to learn how the process on a vineyard looks or maybe a larger scale farm?

Also, would an online credential be a bad idea? I see Purdue has some courses as well as U of Western Australia which was reccomended in another subreddit. Alternatively I could go get my associates for cheap at a local college.

Hello, I posted few months about an app which I'm working on https://openagri.ai

It's an app for managing the stock, fields, livestock. It's free (for now) everyone can create an account or test the demo farm which it's populated with data.

I would like to get some feedback and I can improve it based on that.

Thank you.