What are profitable yields

[farmaholic]

Apparently there is not enough profit near Edgeley. A once upon a time Outstanding Young Farmer of the year is having an auction. Maybe this has been the awful floodzone for the past 20 years as some are claiming

I doubt that guy had any emotional attachment to the land and just decided to let the money make the decision and cashed out at the possible peak in the cycle at a tidy profit?

Like I said, if someone is not emotionally attached to the land and willing to go anywhere for their next venture.... what's holding them back.

An investor bought right beside us after apparently flipping land in a different area. I think he is a bit late to the party here and won't see the parabolic growth on the chart he saw with his last venture. Personally all I think he can hope for is the tennant to continue to make the payments on his (down paymented) mortgage on the land and inflation to drag up its value up further.....if a correction doesn't reduce land values first.

[farmaholic]

If the Investor can continue to find tennants, do you think he cares which crops are profitable?

After afew assumptions, the "landlord/investor" needs about $77.00/acre to make the mortgage payment.....and the farmer gets to take all the risk and pay all the expenses of producing the crop and buy depreciating machinery to help pay for his landlord's land..... doesn't make fracking sense to me!

But WTF do I know.

[fjlip]

Cam malt get 100 bu/ac? Can even $5 be feasible if a large crops comes off?
I know feed variety’s can yield like crazy, maybe some new malts can also.
I quit growing malt, acceptance was low for me, so stuck with bin busting high busheling high test weigh feed type. Lol

We have neighbors claiming 100 bu malt, all goes to Malt Europe, picked up @ $5/bu on first 60 bu. Barley is fantastic in this area, 1000's of acres maturing nicely! Only applies to this farm, need 50 bu wheat at $5.50/ bu, that is no return to labor or opportunity. Need 32 canola at $9.50 for same. Could be close to ZERO profit, depending on weather.