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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1414794" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>True, if, you have a low margin commodity product that is the center of your operation. The only commodity that had a respectable per acre profit margin here last year was soybeans - - in large part because our late summer rains were very unusual. I doubt this will repeat.</p><p>Local marketing is great but I do not think it is the only path to profit. Our competitive advantages here are that we have lower hay cost and higher deer density than most. Lots of hay means lots of manure... :cowboy: So we are refining a low input crop/forage rotation with about 2 years of grain in a 7 to 8 year long rotation.</p><p>We have been making more per head and more per acre with back grounding than with cow/calf. Bud Williams said "better to make money on 10 head than lose money on 100". So we are also reducing cow numbers a bit and increasing lbs/acre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1414794, member: 1715"] True, if, you have a low margin commodity product that is the center of your operation. The only commodity that had a respectable per acre profit margin here last year was soybeans - - in large part because our late summer rains were very unusual. I doubt this will repeat. Local marketing is great but I do not think it is the only path to profit. Our competitive advantages here are that we have lower hay cost and higher deer density than most. Lots of hay means lots of manure... :cowboy: So we are refining a low input crop/forage rotation with about 2 years of grain in a 7 to 8 year long rotation. We have been making more per head and more per acre with back grounding than with cow/calf. Bud Williams said "better to make money on 10 head than lose money on 100". So we are also reducing cow numbers a bit and increasing lbs/acre. [/QUOTE]
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