Zak S

Counties of interest

Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Butte-Silver Bow, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis & Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park Livingston, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone

Planned Operation

Hay & Forage, Grain, Large Animal (cattle, sheep, goats)

Check all experience and education that apply to you and your farming partners

General college degree, General farming (over 3 years), Other experience/license/agriculture or business training

Other experience/license/agriculture or business training:

I live on a small family farm and have worked for multiple farmers the last 4 years. Classes about herd management in highschool. I run a small lawn care and landscaping business on the side. I am currently a diesel mechanic.

Land Tenure

Buy/Sell, Cropshare, Lease, Partnership, Open to other arrangements

Briefly describe your current occupation(s) and responsibilities and list previous agricultural employment and experiences. If you are currently farming or ranching, please state the size, type(s), and location of the operation.

Currently, I am finishing diesel tech school. I am doing the apprenticeship program through Caterpillar. I farm with my grandpa on a small family/hobby farm of 80 acres In Iowa. We run 20-25 stock cows and about 23 feeders. The last 4 years I've helped a farmer with cattle and pigs, as well as grain farming and mechanic work that farms roughly 3,000 acres.

Acreage

101-500, 500+

Farming Practices

Conventional

Please elaborate on the type(s) of agricultural operation you plan on running.

I would love to be able to run a good sized crop farm. I would also really love to be able to run either a large herd of stock cows or around 500 head of fat cattle in the future.

Onsite Housing

Yes

Please elaborate on the kind of additional training/information that would help you:

How to successfully do taxes with the farm exempt stuff would be great. Training about how to successfully budget and knowing how to be profitable year after year while farming would also help me.