Posted by Dave from MN on July 30, 2009 at 05:27:12 from (74.60.93.172):
It's very dry here, most corn is filling very decent where it is tall, shorter stuff isnt doing so good. St Cloud has had it's 3rd coolest July on record (so much for global warming here), New crop corn prices are at $2.67 today. Retired farmers are having a very high demand for their storage bins, even the small ones. Looks like alot of farmers are gonna put it in storage if they didnt contract a decent price. I have some contracted at $4.20, but I may just hold everything else for higher prices if there is a rally. My break even is $175 an acre, would have been a lot less had I saved more chicken manure. Most of my corn is still looking the best that has ever been grown on this farm, guessing the lack of heat stres really helped. Guess I am gonna have to really build up the organic matter in the areas that didnt do so well. Amazing also how the areas that suffered so bad during these dry spells were the parts that I disced twice, and where I notilled you would never know by looking at the crop that we have had a drought. How is everyone else doing?
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