I see them tanking. I have had the feeling for the last few years that the 80's are coming back. Not quite as bad maybe, but it's going to be lean for the crazy big guys that have been stealing ground out from others with offers of high cash rent. That's coming back to haunt them before long. At least here it is.
In the 80's hogs were what kept us afloat. Being diversified. I'm going that direction now. All of my hogs are produced for specific customers so I don't run thousands. I farrow to finish hundreds and folks know where to come if they want pork. Just in the last few months I have started doing the same with cattle. I had one wih a broken leg so I butchered her and ground it all. I started peddling ground beef at $4 a pound and was out of cow before I knew it. I'm now on my third butcher in a short while. Instead of feeding out steers and heifers and taking them all to the sale (except my replacements) I am going to start selling direct to the customer. It's a little bit of a hassle if they get 25 pounds here and there, but it pays off when those folks come back for 100 more a week later. I've got the hay running out my ears and pasture land, so I may as well sell "family farm raised, pasture fed, chemical free" critters.
The boys who run just cattle are way better managers than I am. They have to be if they don't have row crops to even it out. I didn't start farming to win it big. My bank account is always scary - asset rich and cash poor. It's what I know to do so I ride it out no matter what direction it goes. I try to plan ahead but that's a hard one. There's a reason farmers are the biggest pessimists there is.
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