I can understand what you mean and where you are coming from, please don't get me wrong. But, am I mistaken in thinking that if you don't "run the numbers", or do a cash flow, and make sure an enterprise is profitable, that you are headed for disaster. In my simple mind anyway, I always figured you could be the best farmer, but if you were not making any money, you wouldn't be doing it very long.
I think that you believe that I have some contempt for organic farming. In all actuallity, I don't. I have thought about converting several times as it complements my diverse livestock enterprises well. I raise natural (no antibiotics or hormones) hogs and farrow on pasture, so part of my land is constantly in rotational clover pasture. I feed my turkeys in large port-a-huts on pasture, as well as most of my broilers. If I was truly greedy and inconsiderate of my neighbors, I would have a 2400 hd swine finisher and a large confinement turkey building. However, I could not bring myself to do that to my neighbors, or the environment.
I don't have contempt for organic crop production either. As I said, I had thought about it several times. However, at the time of $5-7 corn, I could not get it to figure out right. While I don't pay $300 an acre cash rent, I still have a cash rent bill to pay. The farm will be a century farm in another 5 or 6 years. However, through estates and non farm children involved, we are buying the farm again.
Maybe at some point in the near future, I will take another gander at organic production. It wouldn't be a total shock to me, as I cultivate both my corn and beans and plow down clover pasture annually as well.
Joe, I hope you have a great New Year and the best of luck in 2009! Take care!
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