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OK, this will sound harsh, but there isn't any other way I can put it... The way you're framing this, you're basically just "buying" yourself a job, and at the end of it will hopefully at best be at a break even. You need to do as others have said, and supply the equipment, but charge custom...

I'm wondering b/c there's a big operation out in extreme W KS that a Whitham family owns, and the patriarch of that outfit was killed in the early 90s I believe when his private plane (jet is what the story I was told said) went down on his way to his ranch up north. That's just the story I was...

You know those guys are K-Stater's don't you Katrina? :D

No direct experience w/ the 250. I went from the EZ guide plus, to the 500 to the FMX. The 250 should do everything you want it to do very well though. I don't know how far it will go as far as auto-steering or precision controls, but for lightbar guidance it'd be tough to beat.

It's the rule of 72. Take 72 divided by the return and that gives you the number of years (approximately) that it will take to double the investment.

Umm, no. It's called NO market. To create a market there has to be a willing seller and a willing buyer. What you just cited was not a market, and Jake is 100% correct. To be honest, it's his money, he can do what he wants with it. If he wants to own ground, then he can own ground. If folks...

Better get your facts straight before you post anything related to Pimental. His famous "study" and I'm using that term loosely, was based upon obsolete ethanol technology and some pretty ludicrous assumptions. In his "study" he assigned 100% of the energy required for the farmer to live to the...

Go to www.kla.org and they will have a feedyard map under feeding cattle in kansas that gives contact info for a lot of the yards. You should be able to find something there.

Yes, you will have a good few years b/c the microbes are breaking down massive amounts of the OM and turning it into a form of nitrate that is readily available for the crops. Basically what's happening is that the microbes are releasing several years worth of nutrients at once. Of course, after...

If you're not going to graze it, spray it. To build organic matter you need to notill it. If you farm/till it you will acutally decrease organic matter. Trust me on this one. This is probably the only question on here that I'm truly qualified to answer. When you farm it under that aerates the...

Denny hit the nail on the head. A truer post has never been written. We all like to read the stories about somebody getting a hand up by the older generation, but guess what that older generation's attitude usually is? "Well I earned everything I've got, let them work for it." Which may or may...

I don't know exactly what types of grass he had on all the ground. He drove me around and showed me several different pivots that all seemed to have about 3 or more types of grass under them. I do know that he has a whole shelf full of records about the grass and it's production though. I'll...

Yep, I know a few guys here in SW KS that do it. A lot of it depends on the grass and water/fence system. One guy is running about 150-200 replacement heifers on a 1/2 circle (65 acres). Another guy is running lord only knows how many cattle on his irrigated grass. But he's got it cross fenced...

Soap, I'm not positive, but I'm 99% certain that in the event that the next generation continues to operate the ranch, the estate tax is based upon the ag use value, which is almost certainly waaaay under the $590/acre. This can reduce estate taxes by up to $412,000, at least that's what it was...

It's an annual contract that pays a flat rental rate per acre. There are specific provisions in each contract as to the care/maintenance of the ground, you'd just have to look at the contract to know what special conditions there are. In W NE I doubt that there would be anything too difficult...

That's listed for sale at Farm and Ranch? I remember you posting that you would be selling the ranch and I was just wondering if that's the one. It's the D-4 Ranch that I'm referring to if anybody knows. Phil

How many times have you been working horseback on a great day and thought "Ah what a life..." And how many times has a farmhand thought the same thing... And which would you rather do, work for a ranch for $25K or a farm for $30K? That answer's the question of why... because people just seem...

Yep, because the lifestyle is different. There's nothing romantic or peaceful about working 14-18 hr days in the heat of summer when a pivot's down or the crops need to go in/come out. That, plus most farm operations that have a hired hand expect the hired man to take care of the cattle in the...

Triangle H in Garden City does some of this. They use it exactly as you describe, as a fill-in between the summer grasses & the cornstalks that they graze. I also know of a few people that are exclusively irrigated grass. This is usually only on marginal wells here in SW KS. I still think that...

OK Everybody, TAKE NOTES, this is how a class act responds. Phil