Mike (WA) said: (quoted from post at 08:27:27 08/11/08) What is the long term average yield in his area? Wonder what price of fuel is doing to minimum yield that's cost effective to harvest.
I think the county average is around 25 bushels to the acre. Most of our land has a proven yield of 32 or better, I know one half section was up to 40 bushels at one time.
The reason some of the big farmers (10,000 acres +) aren't going to bother harvesting is because the grain isn't even marketable anyway - why harvest something that can't be sold? Once they get their seed wheat they will just quit. At least that's what we've heard - it remains to be seen if they actually do that.
Figure wheat is around $8 per bushel right now and just the fuel cost of running a combine is probably around a gallon of diesel per acre, plus running a truck, plus paying the help, plus wear and tear...
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