Recent content by wheatfarmer

My opinion on this is: Playing the insurance game doesn't work. Ex. Our county t-yield for wheat is around 24 bu./acre(this is high I think). If you insure it at the 75% level so your guarantee is 18 bu. acre. Your insurance would cost you around $9-18/ acre depending on ra, crc, enterprise...

There is a lot of the money goes to pay for federal crop insurance. This, by far, is where the majority of our subsidies goes. It is insane what crop insurance costs w/o the government sub.

I am completly new to the cattle business and have some questions for you guy. But first a little background. I am a farmer in SE Colorado growing wheat, corn, and sorghum. I have the opertunity to (bid on) rent 320 acres of grass that hasn't had any cattle on it for 3-5 years. This would be a...