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TexasBred":9aanpfjv said:

1982vett":9aanpfjv said:

TexasBred":9aanpfjv said:

Looks like corn prices down here are up considerably over the past few years. Farmers that have a good corn crop should make money....and don't forget that good ol' crop insurance. Saw some fields the other day that had just been cut adn they all had that four rows in the middle of the field that belong to the insurance man. :banana:

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I saw some covered piles of chopped corn near Hillsboro a few weeks ago. Also hear nitrates are exceptionally high.

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Haven't seen it this year but they've been cutting a huge percentage of the corn over in that area for silage the last 10 years or more. Ensiling process will reduce any nitrates considerably so hopefully won't be a problem. What little corn I've seen down around Waco looked pretty pitiful.

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M-5":24as60l8 said:

Those big time farmers are collecting hundreds of thousands off of government programs. No different than an unemployed mother with 6 kids sucking the government teat.

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Brute 23":19pbfiae said:

I feel bad because these farmers were convinced to leverage their land for cash to run their business by the banks. All it did was prolong the inevitable and cost them their land.

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TexasBred":1hn1p5jq said:

Brute 23":1hn1p5jq said:

I feel bad because these farmers were convinced to leverage their land for cash to run their business by the banks. All it did was prolong the inevitable and cost them their land.

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Betcha the farmer went to the banker, not the other way around.

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TexasBred":1nyu1l00 said:

Brute 23":1nyu1l00 said:

I feel bad because these farmers were convinced to leverage their land for cash to run their business by the banks. All it did was prolong the inevitable and cost them their land.

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Betcha the farmer went to the banker, not the other way around.

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Jogeephus":hkr7a178 said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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1982vett":1s16jsq3 said:

Jogeephus":1s16jsq3 said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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$3.48 a lb at. HEB.....

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Brute 23":wkc1sz3z said:

TexasBred":wkc1sz3z said:

Brute 23":wkc1sz3z said:

I feel bad because these farmers were convinced to leverage their land for cash to run their business by the banks. All it did was prolong the inevitable and cost them their land.

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Betcha the farmer went to the banker, not the other way around.

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Should a bar tender give you a drink as long as you keep asking for them?

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Jogeephus":17azv80y said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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backhoeboogie":3v4tuwpe said:

TexasBred":3v4tuwpe said:

Brute 23":3v4tuwpe said:

I feel bad because these farmers were convinced to leverage their land for cash to run their business by the banks. All it did was prolong the inevitable and cost them their land.

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Betcha the farmer went to the banker, not the other way around.

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Careful. That is not something to wager on.

They keep calling me to come meet their new officer. I have met the guy twice already. He must not remember me.

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Jogeephus":9suue8rf said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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TexasBred":2udm00d8 said:

Jogeephus":2udm00d8 said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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Guy said he paid $36 for a bushel of peas the other day.

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sim.-ang.king":3pocaxcb said:

TexasBred":3pocaxcb said:

Jogeephus":3pocaxcb said:

Okra is $42/bushel.

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Guy said he paid $36 for a bushel of peas the other day.

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Red clover is $58/bu, Alfalfa is $85/bu.
Maybe it's time for these poor row-croppers to get into the small grains market. Old timers use to grow lots of seed clover, and harvest it with a JD30 pull-type. Plus all that free nitrogen you get!

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