Well, I do not harrow, I do not do VT. I do not run a grain cart. Often I grow half my acres to ip crops which have no trucking costs in the contracts. Lots of my grain goes to local facilities, at a cost of 6 bucks a tonne locally. So my trucking costs that I hire done are in the 5 or 6 buck an acre range... I grow few bulky crops for a distinct reason. Canary is often less than 3/4 a tonne an acre, for example.
I quit the malt barley lottery a few years back, so my seed cost for barley is contingent upon the opportunity cost of the value of feed. I clean my own seed so not cleaning costs there. I use WAY less n, WAY less S for my barley fields than canola. For me, barley is much cheaper to grow, mostly from seed savings and fertility savings.
We all do things different. NONE is right or wrong; the bottom line in our own situations is what matters most....
I quit the malt barley lottery a few years back, so my seed cost for barley is contingent upon the opportunity cost of the value of feed. I clean my own seed so not cleaning costs there. I use WAY less n, WAY less S for my barley fields than canola. For me, barley is much cheaper to grow, mostly from seed savings and fertility savings.
We all do things different. NONE is right or wrong; the bottom line in our own situations is what matters most....
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