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The U.S. standard is 480 pounds. There are variances but they're minimal. 10 pounds or so, typically. Aside from a bale being slightly oblong instead of a true round, I don't know why variances occur. Sorry.

I'm doing maintenance on my laptop today so I have another related question. How often do you update your physical computer? 2 years? 5 years? I tend to upgrade when nothing I do, aside for a hard boot, can speed it back up again. Am I being frugal or foolish?

If the internet went down for a few days in your area, how bad off would you be? Do you have back-ups of any kind from offline programs to paper copies of financials?

i don't want manageable debt. I want no debt. I want to be making 25% more than what I'm making now, and the best way I can see doing that is getting rid of all debt.

By "damage from mice" I assume you mean the wires? Clean everything you can think of, from the sensor/photocell to the filter. If you haven't performed PM in a while, it's probably just dirty.

When a person is just starting out with farming, the importance of a 5 year financial plan cannot be emphasized enough. It can be the difference between success and failure. So where do you want to be, financially, 5 years form now?

Wherever your water is, try to keep it moving. Like a drip system with hot water. Water that is moving tends not to freeze as quickly as still water. Think of the pipes in your house. If you have exposed water lines outside that feed in, you leave the inside taps dripping/light stream overnight...

Isn't straw bedding typically cycled out every day? I wouldn't use sand simply because of the moisture factor. Straw has more aeration simply because of what it is.

I agree, keep the kids out of this. It's not like they can get a job and feed themselves. This just comes across as heartless and not well thought out.

Is there any equipment you own that you share/lend out? I understand not doing it if you're leasing, but if you own an older tractor would you lend it out to someone?

Typically after every use is when I clean. I have the little lady keep track of hours for me and lube when the time is up.

Bamboo? Can you make me some chairs? Potatoes. We can eat some potatoes. We have a stand out by a crossroads near us and the neighborhood kids take turns selling.

I keep every piece of paper concerning my operation with numbers on it. I keep them in order of dates, hand over to my tax person and wish her luck. ? I'll ask her about the 179 though as I never heard of it before.

Does anyone here go this deep into their planning of just when to plant? There are times, pretty much, that are set in stone in terms of when the seasons change, but some people still keep track of what the stars are doing and where they are aligning in order to put a finer point on when to...

Woodworking would fit my style as well. It won't happen this year, but I want to start that up soon. For now, all I have time for is the lighting situation.

It is outdoors and you have to be self-motivated. I like working with the earth too. And when the day is done, The Farmers Almanac is a good read.

Start getting out the word of mouth now. Plant certain flowers to bloom on certain occasions like Mothers Day, Valentines Day, etc....Put up fliers around town as well. It could be a good way to pick up some extra money.

Yeah, you might have to wait until next year. You want to do some research too if you're going to be travelling a distance to watch the process. Different regions are going to have different maturity times due to rainfall totals.