Posted by NY 986 on October 14, 2011 at 05:53:02 from (67.142.178.20):
In Reply to: New TV show Harvest posted by IaGary on October 14, 2011 at 05:22:41:
I was told by a fellow that used to farm in Kansas and raised dryland wheat that the economics don't justify it. His example was 3000 acres and 20 bushel per acre @ $3.00/ bushel. Start plugging in larger numbers for any of the three variables and you may get an answer that is different. Of course as you mentioned with the fleet effect that once the fleet is there the 3000 acres get banged off in a hurry versus one guy going with a 30 foot header. The wheat would be sprouted before that single guy finished his 3000 acres with one machine. I was told by the same fellow that dryland wheat was one crop where farmers did not gamble in terms of crop insurance. It must be that those guys put claims in fairly often. Those guys would probably be hurting if the federal government got out of subsidizing the crop insurance program.
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