@BARippe Exactly. I gave up long ago. Bottom line is farmers in general don’t like change and the ones that are stuck in the past will try and make new ideas fail…
I want to be around the ones that want to innovate
3 & 4 years ago, I bought a couple of one year old Class 9’s averaging $325k. Just before they went ⬆️ $150-200k.
I had good trades, borrowing the difference with cheap 2% money.
Now they are not worth much more than the remaining debt!
And a new one is $650k 😳 w $4 corn
@marioncofarmer@pete_90210 So saving dirt and fertilizer from loss doesn’t pay? You pay rent or to purchase a farm. You pay for fertilizer. When erosion happens you lose both. That’s a loss of money. When the dirt/ fert stays in the field, it pays for covers
@pete_90210@marioncofarmer I mean I notice thousands of dollars worth of dirt and fertilizer washing down the creek in over tilled and non covered fields. Makes me piss my pants that guys don’t see an issue with that