Back to the Old Days?

[hobbyfrmr]

Off topic. I take issue with it, not so much from a personal perspective but from a broader societal perspective. My reason being, that I am not convinced that heredity will always ensure that the best and brightest, most innovative, most ambitious or most motivated will get the opportunity to prove what they can do if Mom and Dad pass everything on to the next generation. Look no further than the royal families of the world throughout history.

Put another way, if your parents are good business managers, well connected, hard working, and you have grown up learning these traits, you are already head and shoulders above most of your peers, and will have opportunities most could only dream of, even without a dime of financial help.

I think the old proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations” fits your description. It is not specific to farming but all ventures in life. It is not something to hope for, or wish upon others, but an interesting observation over time.


https://familylinevideo.com/three-generations-family-legacy-videos/

[Guest]

Is the party over?

How many of those reduced bushels are needed to pay 75-100 dollar an acre rent?

Anyone want to discuss the combined affect of fewer bushels with depressed commodity prices?

Land couldn't pay for itself before, now what?

Input prices(goods and services) have escalated in relation to "good times". Canola seed isn't as affordable in the brown and dry dark brown soil zones as in the moist dark brown and black(35-40 bpa versus 50-60 bpa). But drought doesn't distinguish soil zones and won't discriminate.

Hope we don't lose to many young producers if we get a sustained period of "tough times".

We will. No doubt about it

[Klause]

Click on the image to see it's full size.
https://ibb.co/LtYD1cp

Numbers down the left are yield in BPA. The lines represent yield potential, for that one factor (that one nutrient, moisture, or weather) considering all others are perfect. Basically the "shortest stave" (Liebig's Law) principle (see link) to forecast yield potential and make management decisions based on the availability of resources for the crop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_law_of_the_minimum



And this one is since planting (May 17th)
https://ibb.co/6DdBH4v

[furrowtickler]

One of the reasons we do not fertilize full tilt at seeding .....
these Ag retailers that convince farmers they have to “max out” at seeding or they are not worthy should be made to sit and stare at that graph for 10 hrs straight lol

[hobbyfrmr]

Until the BTO can't make payroll.....

The large farms here must have piles of cash and equity. They would make payroll. They buy vehicles and/or recreation toys for some of the employees. There is plenty of money.

[Klause]

Still a little bit of moisture there... that tenth actually did something with it being cold.


https://ibb.co/bWS22Gz