The Rural Voice, 1998-05, Page 37Despite all the growing pains, Fisher
is happy with the new barn and looks
forward to a facility that will serve
the family for years to come.
use liquid manure, it is part of a
free -stall system and he's now
pleased with it.
"I've done just about everything I
said I wouldn't do," he says smiling.
"We're quite pleased with it," he
says of the barn. Now, he says,
though he's still happy to work, they
can take time for vacations and
nights off. If, when he retires, the
boys want to get out of farming, the
bam is highly saleable, he says.
From being mortgage free, the
family now has a lot of money to pay
back and a lot more cashflow to
handle. Still, even if quota disappears
eventually, he feels he can now
compete with American producers.
And the costs, he says, haven't been
that much different than a friend who
invested in a restaurant franchise.
His advice for others making such
a big move is to take advantage of
the advice that's available and don't
get discouraged. You expect
everything to work in a new barn but
it doesn't, he says. Still, if the Fishers
can overcome the problems they've
faced, expansion shouldn't be as big
a challenge for others.°
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