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prices we pay vs prices we receive

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broker farmer

08-25-2005 12:03:25




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My equipment costs are through the roof. My fertilizer prices are through the roof. My fuel bills took off my roof and my neighbors. I MAY get $5.50 for my beans this year and maybe $1.90 for my corn.
Is anybody other than me trying to figure out what to do next year if our costs don't subside? I've been thinking about getting my auctioneer's license..... .....looks like there could be LOTS of farm sales about a year from now. What's your opinion?

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Burnie

08-26-2005 04:08:32




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
It's the same story 'down under' boys. A year ago we were paying 85 cents/litre for fuel, now $1.15. Fertilizer is way up and the only people putting it on at the moment are the one's who forward purched a couple of months ago. About 3 years ago cotton was AUD$510/bale now it's $320. A bloke asked me today what our average rainfall was and I couldn't tell him. I've lived in this area for 15 years and have never seen a 'normal' season. This is the first time in 17years I haven't been fertilizing at this time of year.

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David in Mo

08-26-2005 10:14:45




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to Burnie, 08-26-2005 04:08:32  
I have some pictures here that show it snowed in Victoria about 3 weeks ago..... ..and you guys are getting ready to plant?



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Burnie

08-27-2005 06:04:04




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to David in Mo, 08-26-2005 10:14:45  
Yeah, I know it sounds a bit strange. I'm in southern Queensland and we like to get our urea or gas in about now, so we can plant summer crops from about mid September onwards. Thats if it rains.



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Burnie

08-27-2005 06:03:46




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to David in Mo, 08-26-2005 10:14:45  
Yeah, I know it sounds a bit strange. I'm in southern Queensland and we like to get our urea or gas in about now, so we can plant summer crops from about mid September onwards. Thats if it rains.



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txgrn

08-25-2005 19:12:40




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 You aren't paying attention in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
Let's talk about your corn prices. Let's go to the grocery store and buy a box of Kelloggs Corn Flakes, or Post Toasties. 10 oz cost you about $2.50.

Figure that one out. Who's getting the weenie?

Mark



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Mark - IN.

08-26-2005 22:43:43




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 Re: You aren't paying attention in reply to txgrn, 08-25-2005 19:12:40  
$2.50? Holy cow Mark, I'm renting me a truck and coming down. Is closer to $4.00 by me.

You made your point though. Gotta start wondering though, when's the breaking point, cut the losses, in some cases.

Mark



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Buzzman72

08-26-2005 09:07:08




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 Re: You aren't paying attention in reply to txgrn, 08-25-2005 19:12:40  
If I ann't paying Attention, he's about the ONLY s.o.b. who ain't robbin' me these days!

"Who's getting the weenie?" At the price of corn flakes, who can afford anything made of meat?



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Stum

08-25-2005 19:06:44




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
Best advise I can give is sell your farm to a Developer,sell off your equipment,take the cash and open a farm in Brazil.They are going to outproduce us in a very short time,and the farmers there make money with no subsidies at all. I've had enough of it here too,tired of watching my bank balance go down every year while being buried in more and more Federal and State mandated paperwork,paying ever increasing taxes,insurance premiums,and input costs.
I have a good offer on my farm,buyer wants to plant houses,I've bought a farm in northern Brazil,soon as the crops are off here,and the equipment is sold,I'm heading to the other side of the equator.

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txgrn

08-25-2005 19:17:17




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to Stum, 08-25-2005 19:06:44  
Get you some vigilanties. Seems down south the sign of the times is kidnapping. I'm staying here.

Mark



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R W Wisehart

08-25-2005 15:25:04




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
Don`t you think it would help if we had someone in charge of the United States that gave a blank would help. Maybe we should get a new president that cares, thats where the trouble starts.



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Paul in Mich

08-26-2005 08:12:16




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to Cynicism Runs Rampant, 08-26-2005 06:04:27  
While your argument has merit, your failure to identify yourself, and hiding behind an anynomous name diminishes the legitimacy of your argument. Be proud enough of your position to sign your name.



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big fred

08-25-2005 13:36:56




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
Could be worse. I see where Hawaii has capped gasoline wholesale prices at $2.74, thereby guaranteeing statewide shortages.



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Paul in Mich

08-26-2005 08:06:24




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to big fred, 08-25-2005 13:36:56  
Observing what is about to happen in Hawaii is the best thing possible for the continuous 48. We"ll get a first hand gilimpse of what we dont want, and wont have to wait in line to do it.



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txgrn

08-25-2005 19:14:52




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to big fred, 08-25-2005 13:36:56  
One of these days someone will realize just what you said. When the bureaucrats step in with their stupidy "to buy votes" the whole economic system goes to the dogs.....happens every time.

Mark



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Illinois Boy

08-25-2005 12:16:44




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
Farm sales? Nobody else will buy it 'cause they'll be trying to sell off their equipment as well. You need a part time job like I have...
it's a can pick'n up business. (Don't tell, but I'm the one who takes down all the "Don't Litter" signs!!)
Where are those 220 bushels of corn per acre days?
We'll be fortunate to get 150 - rain has just not been there!
Probably wouldn't matter anyway - the price would just go down to 25 cents a bushel!!
I need some kinda "government research grant". You know, like the one that cost about 2.5 million to find out that the best medical care comes from providers with the most advanced equipment and the best trained doctors!!

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john in la

08-25-2005 17:56:03




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to Illinois Boy, 08-25-2005 12:16:44  
I thought farming was the part time job.
Sure pays like it is!!!!! !!!!! !!



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BobMo

08-25-2005 14:42:16




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to Illinois Boy, 08-25-2005 12:16:44  
sayyyy, what those cans worth a bushel and how many bushel ye get per mile????? ???



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RustyFarmall

08-25-2005 12:11:16




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to broker farmer, 08-25-2005 12:03:25  
It's not just the farmers that are suffering, these outlandish fuel prices are taking all of the profit and then some out of trucking also. I don't know what the answer is, but becoming an auctioneer probably won't help because no one will be able to afford the fuel to drive to the auction, and even if they did buy something, they wouldn't be able to afford the bill for hauling it home.



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txgrn

08-25-2005 19:09:04




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 Re: prices we pay vs prices we receive in reply to RustyFarmall, 08-25-2005 12:11:16  
Back in "91 I was running an 18 wheeler "rock bucket". I was paying $1 per gallon for diesel. Lo and behold the price goes up to $1.10. Well, since I was burning a 100 gallons a day, that meant that someone just stuck their hand in my pocket and helped themselves to $10 of mine.

So yesterday I am at a service station and one of my old rock buddies is there filling up his rock bucket. 100 gallons is now $250. I don"t, for the life of me, know how he survives.

Mark

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