No Explaination? Anyone?

[wedino]

Hey Chaff, The old saying "Figures don't lie, but liars figure" fits well here, don't ya know!

[cowman]

Maybe if my cousin had gone the CWB route we could have made more money? We do the 2/3, 1/3 thing on crop? Well he sold the whole works 3 days ago and I got $80/acre! Maybe he would have got more(and me) if he sold it through the CWB? Heavy metcalfe barley, really looked good!
But whatever...I'm happy...he's happy...I guess Cor Van Rays happy.
Checks in the bank.

[cowman]

Cowman, you are very luck to be in an area still getting that kind of rent. Good for you!!

[cowman]

Cash rent in this area is in that $50-$60/acre range, but my cousin and I have always done the crop share thing(18 years).
I pay one third of the chem expenses and get one third of the crop. I supply the grain bins. He sells the crop...and pays me my share less the chem expenses. He puts on crop insurance and in a crop failure gets it all...I chose not to participate...never had a crop failure here...little bit of hail occasionally.
He makes all decisions and I will occasionally help him out a bit...plowing snow at bins, driving grain truck, even a few hours on combine or seed drill! I usually try to pick the rocks and keep the fencelines free of bad weeds!
He is a good farmer and farms the land like it was his own. I bale about half the straw every year and put the cows out on the land after harvest.
It works out very well for both of us.