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Dick L
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edon Ohio Points: 5082 |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2019 at 12:12pm |
Edon Ohio Coop's was paying 8.93 this morning. Some short looking beans were going 60 bushels an acre! I looked at another field of short beans and the pods were closer to gather up the stem than I have ever seen. I wonder how that filed will go.
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Brian F(IL)
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paxton, IL Points: 2691 |
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Cash soybean prices are $9.05 at our local co-op in east central Illinois. Unfortunately, yields are only in the 30's. Last year we had 60-70 bu/acre beans, but this year it was a wet, late spring followed by only 1.4" of rain from the end of June until the middle of September.
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Still ~$8.60 here.
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cabinhollow
Orange Level Joined: 24 Mar 2018 Location: SEKY Points: 327 |
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Neighbor sold his for $9.28 this past weekend.
That was after I spent sometime, about as deep as you can get inside the combine, cutting a 2' long pipe out. |
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Dick L
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edon Ohio Points: 5082 |
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Edon Ohio's little Coop is paying 9.02 this after noon. I think it has been over ten years since I say 9.00 on the sign for beens.
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shameless dude
Orange Level Joined: 10 Apr 2017 Location: east NE Points: 13611 |
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$8.95 here, most new beans are testing 11%-13% moisture, most stems are still on the green side
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Michigan sucks. We get less yield and lower prices apparently. On the news that a trade deal is close, beans down to $8.58. That's worse than last year.
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29549 |
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Price on the signs generally does not reflect price on receipts, Dirt, weed seeds, bulk organic residue, higher than required moisture content or split beans all bring the price down.
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Well sure. But since we’re all talking advertised cash prices, we’re all talking apples to apples. No other way to compare across areas. |
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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And technically, all of the dockages dock bushels, not dollars
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21483 |
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OK, since I don't truly farm.... how many bushel per acre is normal an djust what IS the profit per bushel ? Obviously there's a lot of 'input costs', like seed,fuel,etc. so I'm curious...and it's raining cats,dogs and giraffes here... Jay
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Jay, well as usual, "it depends". Depends greatly on location, the growing season, and the inputs you put in. And, counting what? Land costs included or no?
In my area, the county average, which is used for insurance purposes unless and until you establish your own production history is 33 bushels per acre. I typically grow 40 - 45 bushels per acre. 1 time on a 13 acre field about 6 years ago I made 72, the conditions were absolutely perfect I guess as I've never done it since. Last year, my best field I made 42, and with no land or equipment costs, the profit after inputs (seed, fertilizer, lime, spray, fuel, insurance) was about $70. Land costs pretty much ate that up. Prices were around $8.70. I struggled big time with moisture. The beans were dry enough at one point, but fog, snow, rain, snow......kept things moist. That was my worst dockage. Splits and foreign material were almost nonexistent. We had a very bad drought last year. . . .right up until we had to harvest! Guys down south easily make 70 bushel. New world record was set this year, 190.23 bu/acre in Georgia.
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steve(ill)
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 77821 |
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jay.. Around our area you can CASH RENT ground for around $200. per acre... So you could say that is "how much you can make per acre"... you do not have cost input for / seeds / fuel / etc.... all you do is pay the property tax.
Edited by steve(ill) - 16 Oct 2019 at 11:32am |
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21483 |
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yeesh WHY do you even plant beans ? Sounds like you make NOTHING by doing it..unless I'm missing something... Jay
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Truly owning property and lots of it is the only way.....Now how do you buy that property, and a $400k combine with a $140k header to go with it and get there???? Now, roll the clock back some, beans were ~$12-$14.....fertilizer bit more than current times, but you still had some margin to work with. Heck, I'd be happy in the $10 range....corn isn't much better, just lots more of it to deal with, so ya feel like you're doing something. The guys down south....yeah, their yields are double, but their land costs are triple, at least. It's a hard game to win.
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Not exactly proud of it in any way, but last year was the first time I have EVER signed up for ANY USDA program. I signed up for the market facilitation program for soybeans. The subsidy I got essentially became the only profit I had on the bean side of the business. Again, not proud, just a fact of survival.
My best field was "new to me farming it" last year. Previous farmer left a chisel plow shank in the field for me, which I found with my rear tire. $1300. Bye-bye profit, but lived to farm another day.
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Yeah but what fun is that? Besides, he didn’t ask that, he asked how many bushels per acre and how much profit per bushel You don’t get to say you made bushels when all you do is take in a rent check. |
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LouSWPA
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24021 |
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what's the possibility that if you hold onto your beans, the price may go up? Of course, storage, if even available would add to the costs
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
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Brian F(IL)
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paxton, IL Points: 2691 |
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Lou, to put soybeans in "storage" at our local co-op, the "drop charge" (what the initial storage charge is) is 13 cents/bushel. On top of that they then charge 1/10 cent per bushel per day (or about 3 cents/bushel/month). So, if you put beans into storage today and held them for two months before selling, the price would have to go up 19 cents per bushel versus just selling them today.
There are a few other "rules" but this gives you an idea of the cost of storing versus selling outright. What's your crystal ball tell you to do? Are the markets going up or down?
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LouSWPA
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24021 |
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Kinda gives credence to the old adage, "how do you make a fortune farming?" start with a bigger fortune
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I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 29549 |
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Just got a note from cousins in Greenville, Beans came out last week, just before the rains hit, made 50b/a not bad as were looking REAL bad this go round. Corn is still drying down, stalks a little too green to get on the fields and kernels not completely dimpled yet. Maybe two weeks the late planted corn will come out, looking to beat 190b/a to be ahead of the game.
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11393 |
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Yields keep going up because the prices keep coming down or stay similar while the cost of everything around you goes up, so you push yields, which drives the price down, so you.....
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jaybmiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 21483 |
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Across the street, beans are 120% water ! killer rain 2 days ago, cloudy, cold, since then so I still don't know how you guys survive...... we'd need a week of warm ,sunny, DRY weather before the ground MIGHT get firm enough to LOOK at the beans, let alone harvest them. you must farm because you love the land. Jay
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