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living on a farm upstate

Being euthanized.
Buster got sick, he got a disease called 'rabies'. But a nice man came and volunteered to take care of him. He's going to be living on a farm upstate where he can run and play.

Going to live on a farm. 

The lie your parents told you when your dog died.
Kid: Hey Dad where's the dog at?
Dad: Oh, he went to live on a farm.
Kid: Kewl!
later...Kid to friends: My dog is going to live on a farm.

buy a farm 

Literally means: to die.
A phrase made popular by Robert A. Heinlein's "Starship Troopers".

Shortened version: to buy it
"However, you are just as dead if you buy a farm in an "incident" as you are if you buy it in a declared war."

living on a farm upstate

Dead; no longer among the realm of the living.
Guy: Hey, did you hear about Bill?

Girl: No, what happened?

Guy: He's now living on a farm upstate.

Girl: Oh no, when is the funeral?

Born on a farm

Originally used to say "you left the door open", based on the fact that farms don’t have doors to be shut because there outside.

More recently, it has been used to simply indicate that a person is ignorant or uneducated as if they were brought up on a farm.
"it's really cold outside and you left the door open! were you born on a farm?”
Born on a farm by Jromeodriller January 28, 2018

darny darn darn on a farm

you would use darny darn darn on a farm instead of god damn it.
John: "Can you please do my homework, Fred?"

Fred: "No, you can do it yourself."

John: "Oh darny darn darn on a farm."