Thread: Do we have any farmers among us ?

I was just wondering if we have any one here who is a farmer by profession..
I would like to meet a few educated (who have studied economics at UNI) people who have taken up farming as their profession.

It would be great to share ideas to maximise crops output and I would also like to learn and share knowledge about dairy farming

I can help you out with ideas on organic farming and how to maximise output and also ideas about marketing your organic products and would also like tips on reducing use of pesticides and fertilizers and still keeping the crops healthy.


I would be very happy to meet a farmer online... I have never met one online so I am really looking farward to meet you guys if you do exist online some where

U r being very optimistic Admin... U want to find a farmer online... :lol:
we have a farmer in a hospital at mumbai... Abhi & Aish are taking care of him... maybe hez the only farmer in India who can come online... So pray for his well being...

P.S.- don't mind my joke, if u r serious about it... I was also trying to show u my height of optimism...

yes please i am a farmer from himachal pradesh before coming to delhi i use to plough fields there

I know how to milk, cutting grass for cattle, taking them to river banks and i even know how to clean cow dung :lol:

but i am sorry i really don't have any professional knowledge of all these things :no: and now its not in my profession as now we hire guys from village only to take care of our fields

@smoothvibes

That bit I have done too... but hez talking about farmers by profession...

ya now i am not a farmer but got land in himachal know...
oops by land i just remember something and got a orkut link to show here.. which i found on orkut long time back
check out this one
http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#AlbumZoom.aspx?uid=905819826551898394&pid=10& aid=1$pid=10
now i am not sure what he loves :lol:

:lol: That was really funny.... btw, where do u have land in himachal... hills or plains?

got land in hills

My grandfather & uncle are farmers by profession....

I have tomatoes and eggplants in my backyard, do I qualify? ;-)

Originally Posted by farce

I have tomatoes and eggplants in my backyard, do I qualify? ;-)

That was funny farce but admin is asking for proffesional Farmers...

LOL

Professional farmers as in who grow crops for selling commercially and make a living out of it. May be not full time farmers... Some people are from villages but do not like to call themselves farmers for reasons only they can understand... I know a lot of educated guys in Punjab who use the internet and have taken up farming as a professions like their forefathers but they do not take prid in calling themselves farmers for some reason I have never been able to understand... Some of them who have a lot of land make more money then any IT professional would make out of his/her job.. I have a friend who is from Sri Ganganagar and own 198 acres of land and his last years income tax return he filled up was for 60 lacks something and thats all tax free by the way No income tax atall. Thats more then Rs5 lakhs per month... beat that.. But he doesnt call himself a farmer.. he would normally say he runs his own business

I am sure there are a lot of guys here who own agricultural lands and do not take much interest in improving productivity and are actively looking for stupid jobs which would make them work like hell with very little in return... they would be much better off if they tried to increase productivity in their own lands and may be take up other peoples land to cultivate on contract basis as a lot of people do.

I have seen productivity go up by 300% for some crops on my own land... and I thought if I can find some one like minded we could share some knowledge and hopefully spread some knowledge to others in the process.

By the way there is no online resource specifically for Indian farmers leave alone having region specific information on agriculture.

Whet is the government doing? Manmohan wake up mate... and Sonia aunty please do something and get a website atleast for those who are looking for information...

Our farmers in India are not in good health do something... AB is in hospital as well

Yeah...Thats right.. Even if a farmer in our gen. is rich & tech. savvy... he won't like to call himself a farmer or a kisaan... govt. isn't doing anything to make it a respectable profession... neither is media... who just highlight "suicide by farmers"... I have never read a single success story of a farmer which can inspire me to become a farmer...

absolutely right!

We got land near Karnal (Village Kachhwa;admin might be aware of the village) We ourself don't plough anything rather gives the land on lease every year...Therefore we are earning from agriculture indirectly