Gus Ternoey's Blog – June 2012 Archive (1)

On the mind of a young Farmer

Yes the Canadian census confirms I am a young farmer and by a long shot. I have been reading some of the stats to learn that the average age of a farmer in Ontario is up to 54 yrs. I have almost 2 decades to go through before I get there. Thinking back on how much I have seen farming change over the years so far, i get the feeling I am in for a shock before I make the "average" age. Thats all good, its exciting times.

I as other farmers around here, well if you take twitter as…

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Added by Gus Ternoey on June 21, 2012 at 1:13pm — No Comments

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