Farmer talk

[mathrulz]

So what is the thought process when people buy land at ridiculous prices? How do people pencil it out with todays grain prices and high input costs? Are people paying cash money thats sitting in there bank account or using other land to cost average the purchase. 50 bushel wheat at $7 doesn't pay for $2000-$3000/ acre land down here anyway. Any personal experiences to share guys?

I've been looking at picking up some more land the last few years, but like you say it just doesn't add up at these prices. It's very tough to justify - especially if a guy stretches out canola to every 3 or 4 years to give the land a bit of a rest. The big guys may have the half million for a quarter of land in the bank - not sure - but that's about the only way it makes any sense at these prices.

 

[snopro]

I've been looking at picking up some more land the last few years, but like you say it just doesn't add up at these prices. It's very tough to justify - especially if a guy stretches out canola to every 3 or 4 years to give the land a bit of a rest. The big guys may have the half million for a quarter of land in the bank - not sure - but that's about the only way it makes any sense at these prices.

What makes sense is to sell at those prices and sit on the beach drinking cool ones everyday right after your golf game is over. Lol.

 

[zeebs]

Grinding it out. Down to 120 acres for today. More or less a fawk off day.

 

[zeebs]

Got a half inch last night. Dont care for the stand on some of our corn. Agronomist says the planter had lots of skips........ go out and dig and the planter was damn near perfect. Agronomist says its residue related. Go to a bare spot with no trash and dig it up and there lies the seed rotten. Looks like we got quite a little seed with bad germ. Guess people will be getting calls.

 

[snopro]

Got a half inch last night. Dont care for the stand on some of our corn. Agronomist says the planter had lots of skips........ go out and dig and the planter was damn near perfect. Agronomist says its residue related. Go to a bare spot with no trash and dig it up and there lies the seed rotten. Looks like we got quite a little seed with bad germ. Guess people will be getting calls.

Did you do germ and vigor testing on your seed?

 

[scotts]

1500 left......... Yawn

 

[snopro]

1500 left......... Yawn

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Looks to me you can cover a couple acres a day with that kinda hp in the field.

 

[zeebs]

Did you do germ and vigor testing on your seed?

No, we never have on our corn since it all comes from dekalb, kruger, croplan, pioneer. They supposedly do all those test for quality tests. Dont know of anyone that germ and vigor tests their corn. We use to germ test our bin run beans when we were planting non-GMO soybeans but roundup beans has put a stop to that. Like i say we dont and never have nor do i know of anybody that tests their corn. What i think happened was one of two things. The seed we are planting now was grown in adverse conditions last year. The extremely wet parts of Missouri last spring, or the seed industry knew they were going to be short on seed supply so they gathered up any seed possibe to fill their sales. Even if it was a lower grade product.

 

[Bounce]

1500 left......... Yawn

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What you demoing?

 

[underdog]

Just a reminder for everyone to remember to check lug nut torque on new equipment. Had a tire almost fall off of our grain cart tonight. We had just finished filling it, and dad was driving it. He looked back to make sure nothing was plugging, and noticed the tire wobble. Had it been on the left side, where we fill it all the time, we would have noticed the lug nuts missing, but with it being on the right side, we hardly check it. Lesson learned.

Also, is anyone else having issues with New Holland P1060 carts?

 

[snopro]

Neighbour just bought a new to him Bourgault cart and the big bolt that holds the 5th wheel together broke and he pulled the front wheels right out from the front of the cart. Thank god the Anhydrous line disconnected like it was supposed to. 2 new ladders, unloading auger, hydraulic lines and cart and drill wiring harnesses so far I was told.

 

[barleyfarmer]

Anyone have any frost issues yet?

 

[scotts]

3310/6550

 

[Bounce]

Did some research on these units and there are some issues, as with all machines. Found a few of my links:
[url]http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=53865[/URL] More info out there, ya and some is kinda like what we see on this site. let me know your pros/cons on the unit.

 

[snopro]

So guys I am thinking of upgrading my air drill next year. What are everyones thoughts on the drills they use now. Right now I have a Bourgault 5710 with MRB's and a 5300 tank. What I don't like about the drill is the poor trash clearance in chemfallow ground. I like to put my urea through the banders and my blend with the seed. I find the banders are major high maintenance with always adjusting scraper height and jamming from little rocks flipping up between the disc and bander frame. I am looking at Deere and Flexicoil. What are everyones thoughts?

 

[Bounce]

Great subject Snopro. I have been on this for a while now. I currently run a 5710 with a 4350 cart plus a 16 tonne liquid cart. The liquid cart makes the drill.

I want to move to variable rate and sectional control. In my research and customer feedback the best bang for the buck is the JD conservapak. The benefits are price and the ease of initial start-up. The biggest con is the size; currently 56 feet. I spoke with deere and they have a 62 and 68 drill in the works.

I like the seedmaster but I am unclear of the support in my area.

If anyone is demoing right now lets hear comments; good bad or ugly.

 

[snopro]

Great subject Snopro. I have been on this for a while now. I currently run a 5710 with a 4350 cart plus a 16 tonne liquid cart. The liquid cart makes the drill.

I want to move to variable rate and sectional control. In my research and customer feedback the best bang for the buck is the JD conservapak. The benefits are price and the ease of initial start-up. The biggest con is the size; currently 56 feet. I spoke with deere and they have a 62 and 68 drill in the works.

I like the seedmaster but I am unclear of the support in my area.

If anyone is demoing right now lets hear comments; good bad or ugly.

Hey Bounce do you see straw plugging issues on your 5710 just outside of the tandem wheels? This is where there is minimal clearance between the shanks and a banders. Four trouble spots on a 40 ft drill makes for a lot of cursing and watching in long or damp straw. You can't just pull out and dump as it jams in there and you have to stop and kick it out. Not much fun when you are trying to get acres done in a day.

 

[ProRmk800]

Great subject Snopro. I have been on this for a while now. I currently run a 5710 with a 4350 cart plus a 16 tonne liquid cart. The liquid cart makes the drill.

I want to move to variable rate and sectional control. In my research and customer feedback the best bang for the buck is the JD conservapak. The benefits are price and the ease of initial start-up. The biggest con is the size; currently 56 feet. I spoke with deere and they have a 62 and 68 drill in the works.

I like the seedmaster but I am unclear of the support in my area.

If anyone is demoing right now lets hear comments; good bad or ugly.

Demoed a 2011 3310 and a 2011 conservapak last season.

You cant even compare a green macnhine to a bourgault.

For starters the john deer tank is a piece of ch!t S*** i can see why they call it a tupperware tank
I found the bourgault was a better all around machine had nice feild finish seed placement on hilly land and all types off soil conditions. If you want a rough field, like uneven seed depth, and like to replace headliners in equipment buy green. If you want to spend a little more and buy a cadillac of all machines buy a phd from bourgault. I just found the bourgault had nice yeilds and nice crop growth from start to finish.

 

[Bounce]

OK, are you running variable rate and sectional control? I agree the JD carts are lacking.

 

[popeye]

How about a Morris contour drill. My dad and I have one but it is new this year. Dad tried one last year was very happy with it so a new 60 footer was ordered for this year. Trash clearance is very good as far as I have seen this year. The double shoot puts the fertilizer between the 2 rows of seed. I think it is supposed to have the closest boot to packer distance which should make for good depth control


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