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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1468275" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>A few think their time and equipment are free.</p><p>A few skimp on fertilizer and spray, and then walk away from mined out soil after a couple years.</p><p>A few are really good, and have yields way above the county average.</p><p></p><p>Mainstream is selling cropping technology hard as a way to become profitable. Better seed, more seed treatments, spendy pre emerge mixes, better drainage, better seed positioning, variable rate, higher & variable population, multi hybrid planters... I assume this technology can pencil out with a certain size operation and a certain soil productivity and $5 corn. Here, at current prices, much of it will just increase your loss/acre. The revenue is not there.</p><p></p><p>We have gone back to the future. Lots of legumes, long crop rotations based on forage, walking feed off the place... I refused to plant corn this spring. We made a decent profit on beans even after a land charge. We will show a modest profit overall, and improved soil OM. :cboy: Time to go feed calves with my 5 gallon TMR.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1468275, member: 1715"] A few think their time and equipment are free. A few skimp on fertilizer and spray, and then walk away from mined out soil after a couple years. A few are really good, and have yields way above the county average. Mainstream is selling cropping technology hard as a way to become profitable. Better seed, more seed treatments, spendy pre emerge mixes, better drainage, better seed positioning, variable rate, higher & variable population, multi hybrid planters... I assume this technology can pencil out with a certain size operation and a certain soil productivity and $5 corn. Here, at current prices, much of it will just increase your loss/acre. The revenue is not there. We have gone back to the future. Lots of legumes, long crop rotations based on forage, walking feed off the place... I refused to plant corn this spring. We made a decent profit on beans even after a land charge. We will show a modest profit overall, and improved soil OM. :cboy: Time to go feed calves with my 5 gallon TMR. [/QUOTE]
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