SE Colorado Farms Present Lifestyle Quest
SE Colorado farms and ranches offer a hearty lifestyle. For sure. Farmers necessarily learn to endure our rough-and-tumble weather patterns. Farming here presents quests every day. Hard-won crowns may only be noticed by the “knights” who embark upon the quest. Hence, it’s often an inner quest.
Colorado Farms to Test your Mettle
Most people can barely keep tiny gardens blooming. The knightly farmer, however, learns to multiply his skill sets, fields, and productivity. Now, when the weather patterns shift, if it doesn’t rain much, if there is a late spring freeze. Pioneers also faced the same tests we get on our modern-day farms in Colorado.
Fry Farm
Farming and ranching test one’s mettle. We all fact challenges. For our Colorado farmers, these challenges are physical. Moving irrigation pipes takes time and energy. Combating insects or wildlife infestations, can we be the victor?
Flexible Lifestyle
How does a farmer respond to changing variables? At times we need to study possibilities. We need to be ingenious and creative. We need to be resourceful with our neighbors, networking and finding out what has worked for others.
For example, some acreage may need to be repurposed. We need to study the soil, seeds, and make judgments based on what we know. And we need to act. In those action steps, to be successful.
At times, the farmer needs to throw on extra water or harvest early. The farmer might need to change crops or adjust water sources. Yes, operating farms in southeastern Colorado comes with challenges and rewards.
When You are Called to Farming
Each farmer needs to assess his motivations, resolve, and determination to carry on. If you’re interested in operating one of our spacious Colorado farms for sale, set your jaw, break in your boots, and see how the country lifestyle increases your prana and strength. It’s a calling. It’s a quest.
Looking to Buy a Farm in SE Colorado?
Take advantage of a price drop. Working irrigated Colorado farms will give you a head start. Let’s look at the Melcher Farm in Powers County. It sizable at 478.78 acres. And it’s close to Holly, Colorado. It’s three irrigation wells enable 372 acres to be sprinkler irrigated. The farm includes an added 99.46 acres of dry cropland.
Richfield silt loam and Ulysses silt loam, some of the highest producing in the area, form a good soil base. What grows or has grown most recently? Corn, wheat, grain sorghum, and sunflowers. The Holly, Colorado Farm lies off State Highway 89, and all-whether County maintained road. In addition, the price improvement is enticing: $1,600,000 for your own Colorado farmland.
For a sizable farm, look a little farther south to the 6332-acre Fry Farm in Keyes, Oklahoma. It’s a gorgeous, irrigated farm in Cimarron County. $16,000,000.
Brokers – SE Colorado Farms and Ranches
Contact Gene Cruikshank, Broker/President, Cruikshank Realty at (719) 336-7802. Gene specializes in Farms and Ranches, real estate sales, management, auctions, and exchanges. Schedule an appointment or stop at Cruikshank Realty 20 S. Main Street, Lamar, CO 81052.
More SE Colorado Farms for Sale
Prowers County S&L Cattle, LLC feed yard and 370+ acres at 38252 County Road 8, Lamar, CO. $4,500,000
303.4-acre farm for crops and grazing at 34510 CR Kk, Cheraw, CO. $1,200,000
Elbert County, 480 acres dry farm and grazing land in Limon, CO. $615,000
80 Acres at 2800 Block Lane 7, Olney Springs, CO. $130,000
Brown Farm for sale 636+ acres with home at 19478 CR 2W, Limon, CO. $950,000