Posted by JD Seller on April 24, 2016 at 06:53:50 from (208.126.198.123):
The boys have not quit planting since last Saturday. We had a few showers around but they where spotty so they just moved to other customers fields. The planting tractors are only shut off for a few hours each day. Usually while filling them to check oils and fuel them up. With three sixteen row planter running they are covering some ground.
We have only planted 125 acres of our own corn so far. It is a little cool for me. That will change this week. The one "stupid" planter( less GPS stuff) will start on our corn this afternoon.
The finishing tractors are running hard to stay in front of the planters too. My oldest Grand Daughter is back in "Her" JD 4960. We "tuned" it up some over the winter so it will pull the Sunflower 32 foot finisher real well now. Different turbo, injectors and an air to air intercooler. Jumped the HP 75 or more. She says it is running cooler now than it did before. She told me last night she had put 135 hours on the tractor since last Saturday morning. Covering 15-20 acres an hour that is covering some ground. It is funny that she "likes" running that tractor so much doing field work she takes vacation and comp time to run it spring and fall. That tractor has right at 6500 hours on it and I bet that she has put 80% of them on it.
The boys say they are right at 1/3 done planning. They pickup a lot of custom farming and planning with the rent price going down. Many landlords are not going to lower their rents and are cropping the ground them selves. I think it is foolish with the crop prices.
I was able to lock in some better prices this last week but nothing like the last few years. I did get over $4 corn and $10 beans. Locked in about a 1/3 of what we think we will have. Have options on about another 1/3.
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