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Get an Early Start on Funding Retirement Needs | Do You Have an Apprentice, Helper, Associate or Employee in Your Farrier Practice?
February 18, 2022
Get An Early Start On Funding Retirement Needs
Among the 78% of full-time farriers who have invested in retirement plans, one-third started funding these plans while still in their 20s.
Some 25% of these farriers started investing in retirement plans between the age of 30 and 40. The remaining 20% didn’t start funding their retirement until they reached at least 40 years of age.
— 2020 American Farriers Journal Business Practices Survey
Do You Have an Apprentice, Helper, Associate or Employee in Your Farrier Practice?
| Options | % of Farriers |
| Yes | 40% |
| No | 60% |
— 2021 American Farriers Journal email survey of farriers