|
|
Post by missouriboy on Feb 1, 2022 17:37:18 GMT
How much corn is used in the US for ethanol production? Will we choose to feed autos? Or people? Or can we? Just askin. Food corn is not the same as industrial corn. Corn flour is made from industrial corn. A can of corn in a store is sweet corn. Most corn is grown for animal feed. Rotation is an issue, for soybeans on soybeans. Also an issue for corn on corn. Today's market is seeking more bean acres. Wheat is generally grown below the cost of production because of Rotation requirements. Corn could become the same thing. Much of my corn consumption was processed by a cow first. After they consumed my tall grass prairie. My cattleman grows the corn and the cow. Mother nature grows the prairie. My prairie grass costs are nil except for property taxes. I need to work on my cow share from the prairie.  |
|
|
|
Post by farmerted on Feb 1, 2022 17:39:33 GMT
Sorry. This article is a bit over the top! I farm, every acre I plant this year will be profitable! Corn has higher input costs than soybeans and soybean acres will be up. But mostly because farmers don't want to spend that much $ to raise a crop. I only raise corn and soybeans so I dont know about cotton, wheat or coffee. But I'm growing more corn this year! I'm more worried about the 2023 crop yr than this years. If we don't get our labor problems and supply situations figured out with just in time inventory we will have real problems in the near future! Have to get the country or world opened up and get back to work!
|
|
|
|
Post by blustnmtn on Feb 1, 2022 23:35:34 GMT
Sorry. This article is a bit over the top! I farm, every acre I plant this year will be profitable! Corn has higher input costs than soybeans and soybean acres will be up. But mostly because farmers don't want to spend that much $ to raise a crop. I only raise corn and soybeans so I dont know about cotton, wheat or coffee. But I'm growing more corn this year! I'm more worried about the 2023 crop yr than this years. If we don't get our labor problems and supply situations figured out with just in time inventory we will have real problems in the near future! Have to get the country or world opened up and get back to work! I posted that article because I wanted to hear what the members of our forum who actually make a living in agriculture thought of it. Glad all you guys are here! |
|
|
|
Post by farmerted on Feb 2, 2022 3:06:21 GMT
Love this site!! Learn so much by reading all that post here. Just my view but this inflation is gonna get real. Don't know what can be done to stop it! Wish we could get back to energy independence, that would help! I have listened to a young lady that thinks we are in a commodity super cycle. Way to much free $$$ floating around and has to go some where! This will be bad for those who can't afford it! The wealthy will be just fine. If u can buy some long term food items,( don't want to sound like a prepper) but i hope u have good neighbors and can work with others! Really think things will get interesting! Theo's forecast, if proven true won't help things our grain prices are going up from just some world uncertainty and decent dryness in south america now! If he's right and we get a late start by a few weeks to start planting the prices we have now are nothing!! I pray the covid (nonsense) issues get straightened out. People need quit living in fear and get going! Again my own personal opinion (I have a way of stepping on toes with my opinion)! I've gotten over it bothering me.
|
|
|
|
Post by ratty on Feb 2, 2022 4:57:23 GMT
Love this site!! Learn so much by reading all that post here. Just my view but this inflation is gonna get real. Don't know what can be done to stop it! Wish we could get back to energy independence, that would help! I have listened to a young lady that thinks we are in a commodity super cycle. Way to much free $$$ floating around and has to go some where! This will be bad for those who can't afford it! The wealthy will be just fine. If u can buy some long term food items,( don't want to sound like a prepper) but i hope u have good neighbors and can work with others! Really think things will get interesting! Theo's forecast, if proven true won't help things our grain prices are going up from just some world uncertainty and decent dryness in south america now! If he's right and we get a late start by a few weeks to start planting the prices we have now are nothing!! I pray the covid (nonsense) issues get straightened out. People need quit living in fear and get going! Again my own personal opinion (I have a way of stepping on toes with my opinion)! I've gotten over it bothering me. Agree but we need governments, health bureaucrats, the media and others to come to that realization. PS: We all wear steel toecaps on the forum so keep the opinions coming. |
|
|
|
Post by farmerted on Feb 3, 2022 3:32:14 GMT
What will it take to get our media to question all the covid mantra??? As i understand it sars from 15-20 yrs ago is 80% of what covid is now! Fauci then said hydrachloraquin worked good against it!! Now not so much!!!!
I am pretty close to an anti vaxxer but covid is real! But in my simple logic it's more about age, health and how aggressive u are with this issue!
|
|
|
|
Post by nonentropic on Feb 3, 2022 3:43:47 GMT
This is a good listen. We all need to fight this "Mass Formation" process. pca.st/1ahfeg6e Re antivax or whatever it a risk benefit story my Mum is 92 she is triple vaxed and rightly so I am 66 double vaxed thats it no more if I was 40 I would have had one in the light of the Moron variant. |
|
|
|
Post by gridley on Feb 3, 2022 13:41:10 GMT
What will it take to get our media to question all the covid mantra??? The mainstream media are the ones pushing the mantras. They're not "our" media anymore. You might as well ask what it will take to get Fauci to question his own ever-changing mantras. |
|
|
|
Post by blustnmtn on Feb 3, 2022 15:07:57 GMT
What will it take to get our media to question all the covid mantra??? The mainstream media are the ones pushing the mantras. They're not "our" media anymore. You might as well ask what it will take to get Fauci to question his own ever-changing mantras. The MSM are the ones driving Western Civilization off the cliff. They are Marxists, elites and servants of China. Politicians are by nature driven by their egos and they crave the approval of MSM. There's obviously a lot more to the destruction that is occurring than that (like the indoctrination occurring in schools) but don't underestimate those basic ingredients. |
|
|
|
Post by glennkoks on Feb 3, 2022 15:27:27 GMT
Sorry. This article is a bit over the top! I farm, every acre I plant this year will be profitable! Corn has higher input costs than soybeans and soybean acres will be up. But mostly because farmers don't want to spend that much $ to raise a crop. I only raise corn and soybeans so I dont know about cotton, wheat or coffee. But I'm growing more corn this year! I'm more worried about the 2023 crop yr than this years. If we don't get our labor problems and supply situations figured out with just in time inventory we will have real problems in the near future! Have to get the country or world opened up and get back to work! I posted that article because I wanted to hear what the members of our forum who actually make a living in agriculture thought of it. Glad all you guys are here! Me too! The knowledge and insight from sigurdur and others involved in agriculture is invaluable. |
|
|
|
Post by missouriboy on Feb 3, 2022 19:36:31 GMT
The mainstream media are the ones pushing the mantras. They're not "our" media anymore. You might as well ask what it will take to get Fauci to question his own ever-changing mantras. The MSM are the ones driving Western Civilization off the cliff. They are Marxists, elites and servants of China. Politicians are by nature driven by their egos and they crave the approval of MSM. There's obviously a lot more to the destruction that is occurring than that (like the indoctrination occurring in schools) but don't underestimate those basic ingredients. Brandon versus Brandon alt-market.us/author/altmarket/ |
|
|
|
Post by missouriboy on Feb 5, 2022 8:02:56 GMT
This is a good listen. We all need to fight this "Mass Formation" process. pca.st/1ahfeg6e Re antivax or whatever it a risk benefit story my Mum is 92 she is triple vaxed and rightly so I am 66 double vaxed thats it no more if I was 40 I would have had one in the light of the Moron variant. We don't have much choice. The formations are already massed and are digging in along the familiar Red-Blue lines over here. The lines are getting starker. One story from California about mad rurals organizing (Liberal perspective of course). Unless some sanity returns to the process, it is not going to be pretty. Hopefully this is a bad science fiction movie. Way I see it is the Blues cannot force the Red States to conform to their dictates. They don't have the numbers or the logistics. They are all snuggled up in their urban rat holes totally dependent on the trucks that will stop coming. Raiding parties will be shot to pieces. Small town America (flyover country) is not a good choice for smash and grab operations. But they are no smarter along these lines than they are on any other. Even in the Blue States, they are spatially confined and vulnerable. And they are making more enemies every day. The majority of the army will not come down in support of the rat holes ... no matter what the high-level officers say. They will go with their relations as they always have. Now would be the time for some good statesmanship ... but I haven't seen it yet. Quote of the day: Karens don't make good raiders.
|
|
|
|
Post by txfarmer on Feb 6, 2022 1:57:22 GMT
Input prices have shot up for row crop farmers. Some chemicals we bought last year for in the $teens are now in the $50-60+ range (priced per gallon). Some chemicals I bought for in the $20s last year are now $100+. Not all chemicals have shot up yet. We will be looking to change up our regular plans to go forward with the most economical options (like we do every year), but economical as well as effective. I will not change to a different product that will cost me more issues on the back side than it is worth. There has to be a balance between saving the costs and making sure that a satisfactory job is done. Otherwise, I could be shooting myself in the foot down the road.
Fertilizer will be a huge jump for everybody this year. That is the big reason for all the talk of crop planting decisions. My acreage split will be about normal except for swapping some milo ground to soybeans. I will not plant soybeans in my area unless they are over $11 per bushel. Our expected yields and volatility or our weather during harvest season makes soybeans fairly risky in our area, so the potential reward needs to be worth the risk.
Overall, with the increased costs of chemicals, Fertilizer, fuel, parts, services, etc, I still feel I have potential for decent profits this year with a couple of big IF'S going forward....the crop prices remain elevated and weather cooperates to have at least an average crop and allows for good harvest. Our area is very risky at harvest with hurricanes and tropical storms. This past year most of the milo crop was a huge disaster due to a stretch of wet weather that sprouted the crop and made harvest difficult.
So far...it's just another year....like every year. Successful farming is about timeliness and properly managing risk. And a whole lot of luck sometimes.
|
|
|
|
Post by Sigurdur on Feb 6, 2022 13:49:10 GMT
Agree.
|
|
|
|
Post by farmerted on Feb 6, 2022 21:18:07 GMT
Agree txfarmer! I was fortunate to get most of my inputs priced early that's why I am going heavier on corn acres this year. (I know what my costs will be) I need feed for livestock and want all I can have in reserves. Hopefully the fertilizer, chemical and shipping issues will be better in another year but who knows if that is gonna happen! If not, I will grow more soybeans next yr instead to save on input costs! Who knows if it is the right thing to do? It is my plan right now.
|
|
