Posted by MN Scott on August 08, 2014 at 06:36:42 from (75.121.146.171):
In Reply to: $14.50 Corn posted by Traditional Farmer on August 08, 2014 at 04:58:21:
Well look at it this way. If I grow organic corn here in MN I would need $14 a bushel to compare to $4 conventional corn. Organic yield is half of conventional. You spend many times the production costs of conventional corn in tillage and cultivating. There is also the issue of severe soil erosion on hilly land from all the cultivation. Your weed seed bank steadily increases every year making your yields drop yearly from the weed competition. Nitrogen can be fixed with legumes but P and K do not come from the sky and must be hauled in or you are simply mining out your soil. When the organic fad went thru here 15 years ago a few jumped on. Within five years they couldn't grow anything but short weeds because of severe soil nutrient depletion. Needless to say there are no organic farmers left around here, organic gardeners yes but no large scale farmers. And lastly the cost to transport to the east cost would be large.
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