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I went to a free breakfast at the ag service company yesterday. The breakfast was free but the corn seed that I bought was far from that. Most of what I bought was over $220 per bag and that was for roundup ready the triple stack was closer to 300 per. I only needed seed for 100 acres so I did not have to mortgage the farm. I can only imagine the cost to buy seeds for a 2 or 3 thousand acre farm.

Lucky for me in that I did get some money from last falls harvest to buy this years seed and a little to cover the rest of the planting cost. I guess I would really be shocked if I figured in the cost of tractors and equipment. This working for nothing is getting old!
 
I plant triple stack. I'm stuck in a corn on corn rotation until I find a better soybean head. It's that or lease the fields...liking that option just lately.
 
Keep watching the auction for your flex-head as there have been some offered. I seem to recall that you are using a Case/IH combine and they are popular machine so the heads should be out there.

For my farm growing beans is tough because of the damage that deer do them. Last year I had one 10 acre field that I started to combine and I quit before making one pass because the deer had chewed them to the ground. They had chewed on most of my other fields but I did get some income from them. I will keep planting beans because of the boost in corn yields do to the nitrogen that they fix in their roots
 
Get yourself a good head. There is more money in beans than corn now and with a rotation you will get better corn yeilds and improved soil health. Tom
 
I hear you. Went to tax man and he had good news and bad news. Good news I don't owe any taxes---bad news because I didn't make any money.
 
Believe me, I'm trying, but they never seem to be around until you pay too much for one. Then they start falling out of the sky around you.
 
Well I have that problem and more. The deer are thick here and I also have assorted small fields. Any time you have a tree line and a small field the deer are going to decimate the beans. I have one spot you won't even get them above ground. Turkeys first, then deer. Larger fields you stand half a chance of pulling a crop out of the center, but ten acres is a feed lot...I should know, lol. Second problem is I never got limed last fall. Guy was really not motivated to do it, then we had the freeze so he couldn't, now he won't answer his phone. I figured I would have him do it and then put down some pelletized lime with my fertilizer. Not working out so far. Problem three is finding the right 1020 head. A couple went to auction last month but they were 30 footers. I need something around 20' for my old IH 1660. I don't know if it will handle a 30' head but I do know I have no room for it in my shed and I am not sure it will fit on either of my header carts! Anyway...I am sitting here 6-8 weeks from planting time and not a clue what I am doing. Some things never change. :)
 
Been doing this farming thing a while.

The more I study it, the more I find I really don't have a clue what I'm doing!

You aren't alone. :)

Paul
 
I planted a 78 day silage variety on March 8th, 30,000 seeds per acre, 80,000 seed bag, $201.00 per bag, not bad this year.
 
When I needed to spend money at years end, I pre purchased more than I ever have before. I bought most of my spring seed/fert/chem. I didn't dare buy any machinery. Who knows where we're headed.

I just got home from my seed/fert/chem supplier annual meeting. There was one other vehicle there showing rust, like my 04 Silverado, (with 148000 miles). All others were new, big, expensive trucks. Anyone looking at the parking lot would have to judge this group as well healed.
 
Some comfort too, cause I stress on the wrong day! I have one crop I can count on. I had a really nice young guy, 17 years old, come help me load bales last year. Liked to hunt but never got a buck. I took him in the back and parked him on a tree. Told him that if he sat there quiet long enough he would get his chance. He shot a beefy 8 point the second night in that spot. I watched that deer come out every night and feed so I knew it was only a matter of time. That is one down! I can always count on venison...corn fed venison. No shortage of people willing to harvest it either. :)
 
I don't think that is going to solve my problem. I don't know that the JD head will work with my HHC. That is the trouble with the 820 head.
 
(quoted from post at 15:16:12 03/14/18) When I needed to spend money at years end, I pre purchased more than I ever have before. I bought most of my spring seed/fert/chem. I didn't dare buy any machinery. Who knows where we're headed.

I just got home from my seed/fert/chem supplier annual meeting. There was one other vehicle there showing rust, like my 04 Silverado, (with 148000 miles). All others were new, big, expensive trucks. Anyone looking at the parking lot would have to judge this group as well healed.
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t more than likely means that they are further in debt than you! :idea:
 
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