A home Internet business that is operated from a farm homestead can provide some real benefits for many farmers around the world.
The world-over is suffering global warming and this is considered a main reason why droughts are increasing in severity. This is a worrying sign for farmers who depend on the land to provide a stable income. Farmers are constantly up against hardship. Droughts always make fodder scarce and also drive up the cost of keeping farm animals alive. Vegetable and fruit growers have similar problems from lack of water in dry times.
Many farmers are at crisis point and are being forced off their land because they can’t meet loan repayments. But there is a way out of this dilemma.
What most farmers need is a backstop income, or what is known as off-farm income. This off-farm income source is becoming the saviour for many farmers. When conditions deteriorate on the land, farm income dies away to nearly zero. However, if you have an off-farm income this then covers all the running costs such as loan repayments, food for livestock, fuel and household provisions.
I was a farmer for forty years in Australia and I know how difficult...