Personal Narrative: A Career As A Dairy Farmer

Shortly after I graduated High School I realized my dream of working with cattle and following in my father’s footsteps. What I didn’t realize is how much a dairy farmer needs to use written word to converse with others. I was eighteen years old and was talking to a loan officer to purchase my first few animals to start me career as a dairy farmer. He asks me, “What is your plan? How will you earn enough money to cover your loans and live comfortably? How will you convince me that you are a good risk for us to take? I had to convince him not just using words but putting pen to paper and showing him how it would work. I started out by laying out a five-year plan to show him that I had foresight in the industry. I had to show him the realistic numbers of what I would expect to earn, profit, and possibly lose.
After I had the five-year plan layed out I had to tell him about …show more content…
I found an online template and downloaded it onto my laptop. I then found a pad of paper and a pen and started to list off my skills. I started with the easy things; milk cows, feed cows, drive a tractor, drive a skid loader, etc…. I then decided to delve into my skills a bit more to set myself apart from other potential job seekers; ran my own dairy, can breed cows, hoof trimming, managed employees, etc….
The next step to my job hunt was to write a cover letter. I decided to write about my cow care skills. I wanted my potential employers to know that I would treat their animals and their equipment as my own. I wanted them to know they could trust me with anything. I also wrote on my accomplishments while I ran my own dairy; how I could get high producing cows while making sure that my cows had a very comfortable and long life. I cared very deeply about giving an animal the best quality of life and needed to verbalize that through pen and