Re: Cost of a crop from start to finish ?

Posted by jmixigo on October 24, 2006 at 20:39:28 from (69.73.54.156):

In Reply to: Cost of a crop from start to finish ? posted by Real Green on October 24, 2006 at 12:40:55:

The cost of fuel has a huge impact. The tractor in use at the time every body figgers on, but the spreader truck, the fuel delivery truck, the tire man's truck, an a host of other support vehicles all use fuel. It's cheaper for em to come 7 miles than 37 miles. This farm land, did it make a crop last year? If not how long has it been? The longer it's been the more it's gonna cost. There is no standard fertility level, or pest factor. Chemical cost will vary widely across the farm belt because of this. The cost per acre will drop some as the number of acres goes up, it cost less to keep on goeing than to run up the road to the next patch.
Last but not least, jus how smart are ya? The feller who knows how much throttle to use an which gear to pull in can save 40 % of sumbody else's fuel cost. If he knows when he don't need to replow or disc or harrow or can skip a step an NOT lose yeild because of it, he can save sum money. He'll know which seed brand an sepcies varity will do better in his soil, an he'll know when to save a buck cause some seed does great but ain't worth what it cost.
Some of this ain't what ya asked, but any body can make a buck farming. The trick is to make more than ya spent. The big difference between the feller at the bank makin a deposit and the one lookin fer another loan, is how smart did he farm.

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• Re: Cost of a crop from start to finish ? supergrumpy 07:35:10 10/25/06 (0)

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