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Allan in NE

06-01-2005 16:36:55

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Hi Guys,

Just talked to the local Co-Op about fertilizer costs. My word, things have changed in the past 23 years!

30-60-10-10 at $32.25 an acre? Ouch!

Allan

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KRUSS

06-02-2005 13:56:47

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

you otta try crunching the numbers on a Canadian grain or beef farm

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John A.

06-02-2005 05:18:22

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

Allan, When your are back at the Coop ask for the price of NH3/ton (Anhydrous Ammonia). Better be holding on to something or sitting down.
Later,
John A.

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john in la

06-02-2005 05:46:18

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to John A., 06-02-2005 05:18:22

Like every thing else the price of nitrogen fertilizers are affected by energy prices because it is manufactured from natural gas.

On the other side of the fence the new-crop futures prices are up also.
Cotton is up 10%
Corn 26%
soybeans 43%
And rice 78%
or so I have read on our state ag center web site.

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Mike (WA)

06-02-2005 06:59:37

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to john in la, 06-02-2005 05:46:18

Don't worry, John, by harvest time, cooler heads will have prevailed and prices will have settled back to slightly under break even.

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Allan in NE

06-02-2005 05:37:40

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to John A., 06-02-2005 05:18:22

Hi John,

Yeah, all I want to do is sling a little phosphate to start some new alfalfa, not buy the derned field all over again. :>(

Although, I did tell him that the land was tired; noticed he threw a double dose at me and I really question that 30 pounds of N just to get baby alfalfa out of the ground.

Oh well, one step at a time. I'll get 'er turned around and breathin' on her own again. :>)

Allan

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old fashioned farmer

06-01-2005 19:15:28

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

Howdy,

Shoot. You think that's bad. Dad and I figured up the cost increase on a JD combine from just back in the 60's when the JD 40, 45, and 55 were out and about. The cost increase was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3000%! Sure glad my farmin is only for fun and not for salary. But every time I think back to when grandad was livin I remember just why I'm still doin what I'm doin on that farm. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

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thejdman01

06-01-2005 18:24:53

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

now factor in fuel costs prices the way they are. + farming has no"job benefits ie insurance retirement etc. once figured out i made less then 2 dollars an hour farming and that was figuring generiously by the time you figure plowing harvest fixing equimpment. really wonder how some of these guys afford new equipment.

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thejdman01

06-01-2005 18:24:45

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

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caseyc

06-01-2005 16:42:19

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

are you sure you still want to join us again? don't ask me how i make it or how i even managed to get started on my own here about two years ago but by gods good grace i managed! makes a guy turn real wise in a hurry just to stay even.

casey

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Allan in NE

06-01-2005 16:39:49

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:36:55

Oops!,

Got all shook up there. $36.25 an acre!

Allan

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Indydirtfarmer

06-01-2005 16:51:29

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:39:49

See what you're up against...???? It went up $4 while you were typing your post.....

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Allan in NE

06-01-2005 16:53:55

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-01-2005 16:51:29

ROFLMAO!!!!! !!!!

Maybe I don't wanna play anymore? Geeeze!

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Indydirtfarmer

06-01-2005 17:09:09

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Too late now big boy..... in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:53:55

You're in it up to your ears with the rest of us now..... .

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caseyc

06-01-2005 16:44:10

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:39:49

that's more like it, god forbid you make an extra $4 bucks and acre! LOL

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Allan in NE

06-01-2005 16:45:42

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to caseyc, 06-01-2005 16:44:10

I'm almost scared to ask, but what is alfalfa seed nowadays? $3?

Allan

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napaguy

06-01-2005 18:14:59

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 16:45:42

paid 4.00 a pound last august for mine.....but it sure is pretty!

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Allan in NE

06-01-2005 21:47:33

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to napaguy, 06-01-2005 18:14:59

Groan,

$48 per acre for seed, 36.25 fer fertilizer, fuel costs and free labor equals the first year's crop to just break even.

Hayin' is fun 'taint it? :>)

Allan

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Indydirtfarmer

06-02-2005 03:26:10

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Allan in NE, 06-01-2005 21:47:33

Break even? My... You're optimistic if nothing else....

Farming is a long-term investment... It takes a while to go broke.

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Harley

06-02-2005 07:16:20

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Re: Things Have Changed :( in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 06-02-2005 03:26:10

Ya Allan, now days, you got to save up a long time to farm 320 acres and stay at it long enough to go broke. Like John says, it just ain't an overnight thing anymore. Harley

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