I don’t know, they are kind of interesting. Different prospectives. Like guys arguing over when to plant winter food plots. Who is right, who is wrong? None and all at same time

Bought the farm

Ok so how many acres do you need for it to even be called a ranch or a farm? 100,200,500,1000 or ??

And if it's high fence, when is it no longer a deer pen?

Depends where you are in the argument. Do you want to step on nuts or look in the mirror and genuinely be proud for another person that worked their arse off for their own dirt. Every one started some where. More power to them and a hat tip.

If you make money off it, it’s a ranch/farm.

It will never matter on that one. Someone just wants to degrade someone else. Thus the term pen.

"Ever wonder how city people come to be such ranching experts?"

I bet they talk to the know it alls who think they are well received at the local feed store.

Better question is what is the latitude where a ranch becomes a farm and vice versa?

That's one of my big dislikes in life. To degrade others and to see it done.

33 Degrees North

That would make sense. Chicken Ranch bordello comes to mind. If we had a Styrofoam ice chest, raised and sold worms, then we could have a ranch on wheels being full time RVers. Plus we don't really have a way for hauling llamas around for rent.

A rancher raises livestock. A farmer grows a crop. Most who do both think of themselves as farmers and the place as a farm. The exception is a dairy farm. There are small farmers and ranchers and big farmers and ranchers. There are also landowners who do neither but refer to their place as a ranch(usually city folks). The moniker does not alter the land or its use and is of little significance to what the place actually is so why sweat it?

Llama rentals is getting to be big business out west. I don’t know, I feel like that’s worse image then owning a mule. Only worse image might be a mule riding goat rancher

I’m not in the argument at all, simply curious what everyone’s thoughts on the matter is. Anyone owning land has my respect because I know how hard that chit is to pay for but I’ll have to say these 5 acre micro farms popping up around here might be pushing the term a bit.

Just wait till pot is legal in Texas.

Oh, Lord help us!

I don’t know. You can put alot chickens on 5 acres. Lots of eggs!!!

Why wait?

Recognize weekend warriors for what they are.

Just to clarify it was related to farming.

The permits were to be $250k each so their won’t be pot farmers everywhere like Oklahoma had. I’ll be one of them though if it ever passes

Even Oklahoma is pretty confined. All grow places I’ve seen where pretty clean operations nothing junky etc.

I looked heavy into it. Lots of operational costs. Can’t just sprig and then go fishing all summer.

It already is medicinally.

It's not quite that simple but I think your point is it's expensive. Though expensive is relative.

Well, that beats talkin to some expert who sits in an office behind a desk all day.

For example, I’d wager that I spend more time at a feed store than you, & you spend more time behind a desk in the city than I do.