I have a interview today. I'm just trying a new experience, think it would be fun! I have never worked on a farm though.
2006-11-20 06:41:51 · 7 answers · asked by stacy_larrabee 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Depends on what kind of farm it is. There is mostly factory-farming these days, where the animals are confined.
On a dairy factory farm, the cows will not leave their confines, they are made pregnant artificially so they continue to generate milk. Their calves are taken away at birth and confined to crates in the dark, where they cannot even stand up, to become veal. Keeping the calves from developing muscle equals anemia, but makes the farmer more money. The colustrum (produced by the mother as super nourishment for baby calves right after they are born) is not given to the calves, it is used in other profitable products, like supplements for body builders. The females are slaughtered or kept to raise as milk machines as the older dairy cows become less productive.
Dairy cows are fed hormones to make them produce much more milk than is normal and antibiotics to keep sickness down when confined with hundreds of other animals.
The normal life expectancy of a dairy cow is 25-30 years. A factory farmed cow, 3-4 years and then they are hauled off to the slaughterhouse for more abuse and the torture that ends their pitiful lives. They are not free to roam in pastures, raise their young or do any of the things instinctive to cows.
Cows get mastitis and illness from being constantly milked.
Even if this is an organic dairy farm, they have slightly better conditions, I wouldn't want this job.
I understand you may like "working on a farm", just please understand it's not like what's portrayed on TV and fairytale books. It's big business. There ARE no happy cows, in CA or anywhere else.
I don't think there are ANY positives to this job.
2006-11-20 07:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by jenay672001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could say that your wanting to become a Pilot down here and that your Willing to Pilot Manure from Here to over there...
Seriously we need agriculture for the world to live. And since you've never lived or worked on a Farm you are wanting Real Life experiences of what it takes to Raise Crops, Milk a Cow, Raise a Bucket Calf, How Much it takes to Become and Maintain a Grade A Dairy, The Type of Feed and how much it takes to have a high producing cow give 100 pounds of milk a day...
Don't forget to wear your rubber boots...
2006-11-20 06:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by Scott 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd be out of the city, stay in shape, work with animals & maybe meet some really "healthy" guys.
2006-11-20 06:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good exercise.
Fresh stinky air.
and last but not least.... You can build a strong relationship with a cow.
2006-11-20 07:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free food, stronder muscles. and a good paying job
2006-11-20 06:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by iversonallyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free milk
2006-11-20 06:51:40 · answer #6 · answered by mickeymousedude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free milk and fertilizer
2006-11-20 06:44:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋