Personal Narrative: A Career In Farming Field

When I was little I always dreamed of working outside. I would always play outside, I would have my little tractors and pickups out in the yard. Mom would always tell me to make sure that I wasn't playing in the mud with my cows. She didn't care about the tractors and pickups because they were out side toys, but them cows were inside toys. This is where I started to get an interest in this career. As I got older, I learned more about the farm and how things worked. I started to work for my uncle, I really enjoyed it. I now work on the weekends and in the summer for my uncle. Working as a Farmer requires hard work, consistent working, and knowing what to do when something goes wrong.
Farming has been around for as long as anyone can remember because people needed a way to get food so they would grow it and kill animals. They would never run out of food this way. Many advances have come since people first started farming. The biggest change was when the tractor was invented. It made it easier to plow …show more content…
GPS is being used to drive tractors and manage the amount of water a pivot put on the carp. the starting and stopping of pivot. Computers are tracking the yields of a crop and the history of the cattle crops. Cell Phones are amazing because they can run it all. Justin Strasburg said, “I am using drones to fly over fields to measure the moisture usage in the field so the producer can adjust how much water he is putting on.” Technology can be a great tool. Farming has many positives and negatives. A farmer is always busy it is like being married to the job. Farmers need to live where the operation takes place. Mark Lovitt said, “The money is made from five to eight in the morning and form five to eight at night.” Meaning the harder you work the more money you make. There are some down times like when it rains and because they are their own boss they set their own hours. There are more