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I took care of some pesky but necessary details this week, but it always feel good to get those kinds of things checked off the list. I got Sassafras Farm registered with the state so I can get my new tax-free number. (This allows you to buy feed and other supplies/materials for your farm tax-free. I’ve been using the old Stringtown Rising number, and I needed to get a new one for the new farm.) I followed up with registration at the local USDA office, which is the gateway to other agencies and programs. I stopped in today to pick up my soil-testing kit and get started. There are cost-sharing programs for lime and even fencing, and low-cost rentals for equipment such as lime spreaders. I want to improve my neglected fields and rebuild fencing. There are various other programs, too, so I’m just getting started. I ended my little paperwork tour with a visit to the local county extension agency to sit down with the agent and talk about my farm, my plans for the studio, my workshops, and other options and opportunities that are available.
I’m starting this farm with so much more grasp of the business of farming under my belt. I want to do things right here. I love this farm.
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on January 19, 2012
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Have fun!
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This country is biased toward business. I think that everyone here should take a crack at owning a business or small farm or the like at least once in their lives. It opens whole new worlds of joy and frustration. I started a small corporation 25 years ago to cover my consulting work. When the dot com bust overwhelmed it in 2003, my CPA advised closing it down. No way, I said. Some people have boats and some people have other expensive hobbies, and I have my corporation. Come 2010 and the financial crisis and it was still sitting there, all primed and ready to get back to work. Like Coco at the fence. (And earning not much more — but enough.)
Well, so much for retirement. At least when I shuffle off, I’ll do it as a “CEO”.
Now wait for your first email from China offering to buy all the sassafras you can ship.
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