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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gliderjohn on April 05, 2021, 11:53:06 AM
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Been a bit rain delayed this spring but my farmer guy is getting it done today.
(https://i.ibb.co/TrQWMTz/DSC05919.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TrQWMTz)
GliderJohn
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Now that’s a piece of machinery 👍
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Getting her done!! Way different than my Deere 495A pulled behind an 'H'.
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Just starting to see the equipment out in the fields around here. It's been drier and colder than normal...but the rain will come...
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It's still a little early here.. normally the second or third week of April for corn. Depends on soil temperature, of course, and our "Spring of deception" lasted quite a while. :smiley:
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got my crops in yesterday, 1 row of red onions, 1 row of white, 1/2 row spinach and 1/2 leaf lettuce, all on my hands and knees! :thumb:
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Not only is the equipment size and speed amazing but last fall he tilled the future rows and deposited fertilizer in "rows". Each row is about five inches wide and the open dirt in-between the rows is not disturbed or fertilized. Now in he comes today and the tractor auto-steers so that the planter drops the seed in the middle of those rows. The accuracy of the combination GPS and local electronic signals give a final accuracy of an inch. Now any guesses on how much money is rolling in that picture?
GliderJohn
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the equipment size and speed amazing
Uhh, yeah. :smiley: Back in the day, the old man and I would start plowing, discing, dragging, etc. in April. We would normally finish planting the beans on Memorial day. Now, our farmer pulls in, and 4 hours later.. he's done. (!) He is much like an airline captain.. just there to monitor the electronic gizmos..
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are you moving away from wheat or hedging your bets?
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We generally plant a combination of corn, wheat and soybean.
GliderJohn
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Not only is the equipment size and speed amazing but last fall he tilled the future rows and deposited fertilizer in "rows". Each row is about five inches wide and the open dirt in-between the rows is not disturbed or fertilized. Now in he comes today and the tractor auto-steers so that the planter drops the seed in the middle of those rows. The accuracy of the combination GPS and local electronic signals give a final accuracy of an inch. Now any guesses on how much money is rolling in that picture?
GliderJohn
$350,000.00?
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From jwinwi:
$350,000.00?
Well... that could be considered a down payment or deposit. Hint, the tires alone on the tractor would be at least 20K.
GliderJohn
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Our daughter's farmer boyfriend along with his brother have about 750 acres in central Ny state.
They own a newer JD corn harvesting machine, cost $350k used....Looks huge to me...Last year while harvesting the rear wheel cam off, a huge axle casting failed...A $20k repair he claimed. They have some of repair insurance that paid for most of it.
Looks like the farmer who leases my field is doing hay again....