2badlybent
Member
I saw a post a few days ago where the comment was made, I hope they have a bumper corn crop and prices for a bushel of corn go way down, and then the price of feed will be lower and I will be able to buy feed for my stock.
First I find it hard to believe that any farmer would wish other farmers low prices for their crops. I know of no farmers who are paid too much for their crops and the hardwork and the hugh investments of money, time and labor that we put into them.
Further, anyone who knows anything about how markets work can predict that even a hugh drop in corn prices paid to the farmers will, at most, amount to only a slight drop in the prices charged to farmers who buy grain. Most of the big feed producers and even the smaller ones see lower crop prices as a chance to make some real money.
Yes, they will lower the prices some but only to fool the farmer into thinking they are getting a price break.
Just think about the price of gas and diesel fuel. The price goes up for a while and then it drops a little and then it goes back up, only now a little higher and then before and, yes, down a and little once again and higher still, over and over again.
First I find it hard to believe that any farmer would wish other farmers low prices for their crops. I know of no farmers who are paid too much for their crops and the hardwork and the hugh investments of money, time and labor that we put into them.
Further, anyone who knows anything about how markets work can predict that even a hugh drop in corn prices paid to the farmers will, at most, amount to only a slight drop in the prices charged to farmers who buy grain. Most of the big feed producers and even the smaller ones see lower crop prices as a chance to make some real money.
Yes, they will lower the prices some but only to fool the farmer into thinking they are getting a price break.
Just think about the price of gas and diesel fuel. The price goes up for a while and then it drops a little and then it goes back up, only now a little higher and then before and, yes, down a and little once again and higher still, over and over again.