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AztechPosted 1/3/2016 20:47 (#5008939 - in reply to #5007851)
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MN
Posted 1/3/2016 20:51 (#5008958 - in reply to #5008921)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
20 Miles West of Indianapolis Indiana
Fair enough GarageGuyPosted 1/3/2016 20:55 (#5008983 - in reply to #5008629)
Subject: RE: the sky is falling the sky is falling!!!
South Central Wisconsin
Posted 1/3/2016 20:58 (#5008993 - in reply to #5008667)
Subject: RE: the sky is falling the sky is falling!!!
King City, Mo
That example is shooting for county average yields.....:)Posted 1/3/2016 21:03 (#5009015 - in reply to #5008698)
Subject: RE: Who wants to work for nothing???
Gladwin Mi
Posted 1/3/2016 21:15 (#5009058 - in reply to #5009015)
Subject: RE: Who wants to work for nothing???
St. Charles, MO & Piper City, IL
Posted 1/3/2016 21:23 (#5009081 - in reply to #5007851)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
Mid-Michigan
Posted 1/3/2016 21:47 (#5009161 - in reply to #5009081)
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NE SD
AGB - 1/3/2016 21:23
Trying to cheat the system hasn't worked for me nor has trying to figure the futures. I'm sticking with my regular fertility program and rotation. I might be wrong but I was wrong trying the other two also. I'm thankful I'm not spending any profit on stupid rent where I'm guaranteed to lose.
Posted 1/3/2016 21:51 (#5009175 - in reply to #5008597)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
USA
Edited by coup 1/3/2016 21:53
Posted 1/3/2016 22:25 (#5009275 - in reply to #5009175)
Subject: He's going to have to save.........
seia/wcill
Posted 1/4/2016 05:19 (#5009464 - in reply to #5008699)
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Because locally if I produce 10 more bushels, thats $30-35 more in my pocket, which means I can rent more land.
Let the guys 300-500 miles away worry about producing less because the market wants them to.
Posted 1/4/2016 05:26 (#5009469 - in reply to #5009161)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
Mid-Michigan
AGB - 1/3/2016 21:23
Trying to cheat the system hasn't worked for me nor has trying to figure the futures. I'm sticking with my regular fertility program and rotation. I might be wrong but I was wrong trying the other two also. I'm thankful I'm not spending any profit on stupid rent where I'm guaranteed to lose.
Cat33 - 1/3/2016 21:47Same here. No change except dropped a few bags of DK for Croplan to save 40 bucks a bag and to try something new. Fert is done, seed is ordered, rotation is set, and no shiny new toys. Last payments on two things were last year and no plans on any new ones until things shape up.
Posted 1/4/2016 06:02 (#5009502 - in reply to #5009175)
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Posted 1/4/2016 06:06 (#5009504 - in reply to #5008278)
Subject: RE: Who wants to work for nothing???
Posted 1/4/2016 06:28 (#5009530 - in reply to #5009275)
Subject: RE: He's going to have to save.........
USA
Posted 1/4/2016 06:43 (#5009551 - in reply to #5009502)
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USA
Posted 1/4/2016 09:02 (#5009794 - in reply to #5008183)
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Ty, I pretty much agree- no way could I trim 30% from expenses, there is no low hanging fruit and hasn't been either. I've got a little different twist in the mix than you & Graintrader, though. We have more acreage scale than you guys, to the point where I could justify an NH3 bottle, and probably getting set up to spread dry, and I'd love to have a tile plow. Problem is, we're already stretched thin for manpower right now, to the point that timeliness of some operations is not where I'd like it to be. So, I look at these things and think, how much capital investment and product savings does it take to justify the salary of an additional person to get it all done?
Clay SEIAPosted 1/4/2016 09:15 (#5009815 - in reply to #5008333)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
Illinois Steve - 1/3/2016 18:11 I think machinery costs are the first place that most can cut. Lets face it everyone is pretty well healed on equipment after the last several years.
Posted 1/4/2016 09:22 (#5009829 - in reply to #5008798)
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Deerfield - 1/3/2016 20:14 I don't understand why you would cut populations do the math very little money saved and giving up the yield potential makes no sense to me
Posted 1/4/2016 10:00 (#5009899 - in reply to #5009530)
Subject: RE: He's going to have to save.........
MN
Posted 1/4/2016 10:04 (#5009913 - in reply to #5007851)
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Northeastern Pa.
Posted 1/4/2016 10:15 (#5009933 - in reply to #5008888)
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MN
Posted 1/4/2016 10:26 (#5009950 - in reply to #5008011)
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Aberdeen MS
the % reduction for banding is from the broadcast/build rate that is generally offered from a test lab.Posted 1/4/2016 10:53 (#5009999 - in reply to #5009829)
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Nw ohio
Posted 1/4/2016 11:51 (#5010099 - in reply to #5008286)
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Columbia City, Indiana
winner2011 - 1/3/2016 17:55
If I had my own Nh3 tank locally, I could save over $100 a ton in product. This is not the case every year.
Posted 1/4/2016 11:53 (#5010105 - in reply to #5009999)
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Like I said, I'm doing the math. Even when we had 200+ yield environment in 2014, 34k had no advantage over a 30k population in my testing. Now, I'm not saying that is necessarily true for somebody hundreds of miles away from here- but do you have your own results, or are you just taking the recs of the people selling you the seed?
GrainTraderPosted 1/4/2016 12:51 (#5010213 - in reply to #5009794)
Subject: RE: Saving money on inputs...
20 Miles West of Indianapolis Indiana
Manpower and time stop me from doing some things I'd really like as well Clay. I'm 100% sure they'd pay, but like u say, not enough at this point to justify the added time and expense with throwing my full time job in the mix righ now. Factory schedules can be very restricting at times... Especially when u don't want them to be... DeerfieldPosted 1/4/2016 13:11 (#5010254 - in reply to #5010105)
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Nw ohio
Posted 1/4/2016 13:23 (#5010270 - in reply to #5010099)
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Northwest Illinois
Posted 1/4/2016 13:48 (#5010310 - in reply to #5008183)
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Humeston, IA
Posted 1/4/2016 18:00 (#5010740 - in reply to #5010310)
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Northwest Illinois
Posted 1/4/2016 19:47 (#5011059 - in reply to #5010254)
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8 bucks here, 8 bucks there, pretty soon you are talking about some real money. Did you still not comprehend the part where I am verifying that this is NOT costing me yield potential? Intend to put out more plots in the next growing season to keep verifying what I am doing, too.
NEILFarmerPosted 1/4/2016 20:14 (#5011166 - in reply to #5011059)
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Morris, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 20:20 (#5011186 - in reply to #5011166)
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Nw ohio
Posted 1/4/2016 20:29 (#5011235 - in reply to #5010310)
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Morris, IL
Edited by NEILFarmer 1/4/2016 21:08
Posted 1/4/2016 20:32 (#5011246 - in reply to #5010099)
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St. Charles, MO & Piper City, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 20:34 (#5011258 - in reply to #5011186)
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Morris, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 20:49 (#5011307 - in reply to #5009794)
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Morris, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 20:57 (#5011333 - in reply to #5011235)
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Posted 1/4/2016 21:07 (#5011371 - in reply to #5011333)
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Morris, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 21:37 (#5011480 - in reply to #5011371)
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Posted 1/4/2016 21:39 (#5011487 - in reply to #5011480)
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Morris, IL
Posted 1/4/2016 22:26 (#5011616 - in reply to #5011487)
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