Lessons learned /reinforced this spring

[rook]

I bought the good varieties this year but as I was doing so and paying their outrageous prices I thought to myself, "I'm probably better off buying the mid tier varieties for cheaper and putting an extra 10 lbs N on as you seldom reach top yield potential anyways." In hindsight as the crop whithers in 30 degree heat that would have been the way to go.

[bucket]

if it doesn't rain - it doesn't matter. Maybe an election will come up at the right time and we will get a payout like gm.

[Choice2U]

Cotton - you may have put me on to something. If there is auto steer, why not auto pee. I'm not sure what type of contraption could be rigged up but I wouldn't want to be the one using it when there was a malfunction.

I learned that most Agrivillers have allot to offer as I know more now than I did 2 years ago before I started reading this site. Just haven't figured out how to consistently make more $ on my farm with this new source of information. I still make mistakes that hindsight leads one to question one's intellect.

[gustgd]

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I do use it for a lowest I am willing to accept. and it is triggered whenever a futures price is achieved through out a specific time period for a small quantity.
usually 42 tonnes. When it is triggered I then can either sign up more at a similar price or readjust targets higher based on current info.

If I think that prices are going higher I can cancel as long as it has not been triggered.
I find it useful in the toolbox.

[checking]

That's not a bad strategy. I should have asked the tonnage you were committing for target. A Super B is a reasonable teaser, and is something I would do if I thought the spot price was interesting.

[Hopperbin]

Sometimes them higher priced triggers are hit all the while the price is never offered to farmers on the whole, peas a good example. A great tool on peas.