Anyone want to talk about 2020????

[bucket]

It is not even the weather and grain farming for me. It is simply I have fallen out of love. And those hay conditions are generally what we are always up against here in the rain zone, nothing new to me there. I can buy the hay equipment I need for under 40 000. Maybe even 30 000.

Trade in one tractor and get a discbine, baler, and rake.

I have no illusions in my decision, believe me. It is not about easy street, it is about regaining control. After raising sheep and having regained near complete control of my destiny, it simply confirms that grain farming is not for me anymore. Biggest bill for sheep is a pallet of lamb creep for under 1000 bucks. Mineral and such is couple hundred a month. Fencing is the biggest investment, but even then it makes grain farming costs look like sin.

Sounds healthy in the sheep business as it was announced that scrapies has quarantined 2 herds.....

Gotta love farming....everyone gets shit on....

8.3 million for the cattle guys to find new markets...the guys that are to be doing that everyday with our checkoff money get rewarded....while cow calf guys get SFA...

[ajl]

Just come here if you need rain. Flood damage around here. Reality is that the cost side of farming was hugely distorted during the cheap debt era boom. Now the grind were that has to be worked out of the system. Lots of old guys in this area will be wishing they sold land a few years ago. Know of one old guy who is paying rent on a quarter while his renter farms all the guys land including ther old feller's rented land for free. Rents it but doesn't pay.

[Sheepwheat]

Sounds healthy in the sheep business as it was announced that scrapies has quarantined 2 herds.....

Gotta love farming....everyone gets shit on....

8.3 million for the cattle guys to find new markets...the guys that are to be doing that everyday with our checkoff money get rewarded....while cow calf guys get SFA...

Direct marketing is insulating us from that. Selling commodities sucks for sure.

[MBgrower]

When will Canola seed surpass $1000/ bag, Nitrogen (actual lbs) surpass $1.00, and JD combine surpass $1 million? its to too far off in my opinion.