My grandpa was a farmer, and my co-founder Jesse's dad and brother are farmers. Our first office was here: http://goo.gl/maps/oAOk4

Farmers in the high plains have a lot of downtime. The farmers in the area I grew up in often spent winters coaching hockey, or if their kids were out of school, lived in Florida. Might be different in places where there's a year round growing season.

I know a family of farmers from South Dakota. They spent half the year farming there, the other half living in Southern California.

Depending on what they grow and where they are, farmers can have a lot of time on their hands in the winter.