We purchased a farm in NY in fall of 2016 which we did not actively farm until 2017. During 2017 my husband remained at our primary residence in NJ and continued to work full time in NJ while I worked on the farm, grew & sold produce at our fruit stand & local markets. We also entered into an agreement to allow another farmer to hay the fields, keep the hay and pay us per acre in addition to renting a portion of our land for his cows and calves to graze. With all the purchases that we needed to make we were unable to make a profit. My husbands salary far exceeds farm generated income which I have found means that we were not considered farmers. Should we just use a schedule C instead of F to report farm (business) income/loss, or is there another path to take? We are currently DBA not an LLC. Should I be using a different version of TTAX?
