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[jazz]

Some one with a 5,000 ac farm wont take a quarter or two and convert it to forages then organic for a year or two? Not saying go all in but surely on the size of farms there are a couple quarters could be rotated into the organic market? I would say thats a better bet than doing test strips on the next snake oil.

[hobbyfrmr]

And speaking of breaking your own rules, that seems like an awfully optimistic post coming from a guy whose motto is that there is no money in organic. Perhaps you put the decimal a couple places too far to the right? Or at least tell us about the weeds, and the cultivator shovels, and the neighbors who will make fun of the crops.

You might have just invited a bunch more competition...

“Some” organic fields. There has to be one good one out there!
There is no money in it.
Consider the mess previous posters are describing. The neighbours are already wondering on coffee row, what chemical you skimped on. There is going to be reduced yield and much more dockage. Steep downgrades. If you want pretty grain, its going to cost a minimum of $5000.00 for some piece of junk pre cleaner and the “boys” are gonna cry if they have to sit there and watch augers turn. Its a slow process.
Then....you have a percentage of those weed seeds back onto your land for another 50 years.
A second flush of weeds requires a second pass of herbicide. Most progressive farms are equipped with a modern, comfortable sprayer and probably a hired stooge to sit in it. If you’re making payments on it, use the goddam thing for its intended purpose. A sprayer is the most important machine on a farm, run it. This year will reinforce the message.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

“Some” organic fields. There has to be one good one out there!
There is no money in it.
Consider the mess previous posters are describing. The neighbours are already wondering on coffee row, what chemical you skimped on. There is going to be reduced yield and much more dockage. Steep downgrades. If you want pretty grain, its going to cost a minimum of $5000.00 for some piece of junk pre cleaner and the “boys” are gonna cry if they have to sit there and watch augers turn. Its a slow process.
Then....you have a percentage of those weed seeds back onto your land for another 50 years.
A second flush of weeds requires a second pass of herbicide. Most progressive farms are equipped with a modern, comfortable sprayer and probably a hired stooge to sit in it. If you’re making payments on it, use the goddam thing for its intended purpose. A sprayer is the most important machine on a farm, run it. This year will reinforce the message.

That's more like it, almost let the cat right out of the bag there...