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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1769997" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>Land is more productive up there, and land costs are detached from ag uses in much of the southern part of the U.S., now. </p><p></p><p>But in the end, if profitability is how much net profit you make in dollars divided total input you put into an operation converted to $, then, really, it would depend on looking at capital, operational, labor, and tax aspects of the operation, including tax savings and land profits when sold. And add in the different models of commercial, seed stock producers, farmer/feeders, traders and land flippers, timber combined with crops/grazing etc., it gets really complicated. </p><p></p><p>So, actually, not so easy to get the baselines set that will set up good comparisons.</p><p></p><p>But I will say that when I look at how some of these guys can get 5 cuts of alfalfa and grow 200 bushel corn on their places and feed 200 head of 1400lb angus cattle, I am sorely tempted to break one of the Good Lord's commandments about not coveting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1769997, member: 42715"] Land is more productive up there, and land costs are detached from ag uses in much of the southern part of the U.S., now. But in the end, if profitability is how much net profit you make in dollars divided total input you put into an operation converted to $, then, really, it would depend on looking at capital, operational, labor, and tax aspects of the operation, including tax savings and land profits when sold. And add in the different models of commercial, seed stock producers, farmer/feeders, traders and land flippers, timber combined with crops/grazing etc., it gets really complicated. So, actually, not so easy to get the baselines set that will set up good comparisons. But I will say that when I look at how some of these guys can get 5 cuts of alfalfa and grow 200 bushel corn on their places and feed 200 head of 1400lb angus cattle, I am sorely tempted to break one of the Good Lord’s commandments about not coveting :). [/QUOTE]
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