Better them than the Chinese, but according to my farrier, who also farms, if one can even get fertilizer, the cost of the process now costs more than he can make on corn, so he thinks he'll only be raising soybeans this year...but that depends on fertilizer, too.
I hope it all works out for these guys, but they'd probably be better off moving there, running a few head of cattle and some chickens, and planting the rest in vegetables for their families.
All soybeans might work this year (even if they were planted there last year), but it's a temporary solution as they can't keep growing the same crop every year (soil gets depleted of nutrients and nasties - bugs, worms, bacteria, fungus, etc. - take hold) and will need to rotate to another crop. Hopefully, things will be better next year.
You're certainly correct. The way prices are going up, I have a feeling that sometime in the next few months he's going to tell me it's too pricey to plant anything...no profit in it.
I like Joe, he’s my guy when it comes to quarterbacks. Josh Allen is cool too. I liked his comments this week about God and the spiritual happenings recently. 👍
Terrible. I’ve been bidding and the prices are unaffordable to us commoners.
...sadly true...
Better them than the Chinese, but according to my farrier, who also farms, if one can even get fertilizer, the cost of the process now costs more than he can make on corn, so he thinks he'll only be raising soybeans this year...but that depends on fertilizer, too.
I hope it all works out for these guys, but they'd probably be better off moving there, running a few head of cattle and some chickens, and planting the rest in vegetables for their families.
Isn’t manure fertilizer? The Amish use it liberally.
Yes, manure is fertilizer, but I don't know if the average farmer can get it in the quantities they need.
This is a good reason to go back to smaller farms with diverse outputs.
All soybeans might work this year (even if they were planted there last year), but it's a temporary solution as they can't keep growing the same crop every year (soil gets depleted of nutrients and nasties - bugs, worms, bacteria, fungus, etc. - take hold) and will need to rotate to another crop. Hopefully, things will be better next year.
You're certainly correct. The way prices are going up, I have a feeling that sometime in the next few months he's going to tell me it's too pricey to plant anything...no profit in it.
They could use cover crops and till them in for fertilizer.
...104 acres would allow that...
...that has been the Amish way for generations....
They probably have better intentions with it than Bill Gates. Or the CCP.
...absolutely....
good.
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Joe Burrow 5:5
...compelling material...
I like Joe, he’s my guy when it comes to quarterbacks. Josh Allen is cool too. I liked his comments this week about God and the spiritual happenings recently. 👍
...both are based young men....
...absolutely...