Re: Fertilize cost

Posted by paul on May 25, 2022 at 20:03:52 from (66.60.209.84):

In Reply to: Fertilize cost posted by sourgum on May 25, 2022 at 19:32:39:

Well......

Pick a yield level, pick a cost of production, pick a per bu income, and make the numbers work for you.

You say he isnt going to buy fertilizer, but then you list a lot of fertilizer he is buying.... just doesnt come from the coop in little round pebbles. Its still buying fertilizer......

Ive grown a couple acres of cover crop/ nitrogen producers every year of my farming career, I helped dad plow down the legumes when I was 8 years old. If you want to grow the N, that crop needs sun and water and time to grow, so you are going to lose some of that for your main cash crop. They dont give the seed for those away for free either! And then you get 20-80# of N, well a 200bu corn crop needs more than that so you still need to buy some N to apply. You can call it a secret sauce, but its still buying fertilizer. The problem with growing the N is you arent really sure when it will be available for your cash crop, you really need some easier available N around for the crop as it waits for the cover crop to decompose and become available. Lots of unknowns along this path, year to year.....

Its all a compromise.

I farm differently today than I did 5 years ago, and different than I did 15 years ago. We are always changing, improving, looking for a better way to juggle the numbers.

So, he can do that. It might work for him. It might not. It depends what his goals are, what his costs are, and what he can get paid for it.

He will likely have less yield.

Those secret sauces often are pretty expensive in reality, but maybe he has something cheap available.

It can work. But it will be different. I would guess less yield.

And if the world is facing a bit of a grain shortage, is that really what we want to accomplish now? A little less yield?

Before I sound all negative, more power to him, and Im sure he has a plan that will work out, and be adjusted year to year to make a go of it. More power to him and others that try the many different options we have.

Paul

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