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Farmers rally in Ottawa to seek billions in aid

I admit I have done very little research and I am not interested in pointing fingers - but are there AVERAGE costs of input available for an acre of corn grown?

I do not want to know the land cost - just the following - how much money - real dollars - do I have to come up with to put in that one acre of corn -

Fertilizer ?
Seed ?
Fuel ?
Machinery repair ?

This allows me simple total cost - as if the entire operation is debt free. In other words I own the land and equipment with no expenses - I want to keep depreciations and taxes out - in order to attempt to get a general cost.

Also - as I deal in grain by the ton / tonne when I buy it I have no idea what a bushell of corn weighs. I do know the average crop in this area is right around 4 tons to the acre.

I also know that at present it is bringing about 90 bucks - 95 bucks per ton. The odd time it will go up to just over 105 bucks per ton. Lows this past 5 months have been in the 78 - 85 buck a ton range.

So the present return for an average acre of corn is in the $360 - $380 - sometimes reaching just over 400 bucks.

Anyone have cost numbers close at hand?

In the end it is a real dollar cost - and a real dollar return - one cheque out - and one cheque home before the frigging accountants and tax people and so on get into the act.

Wife was at the Ottawa affair - said it was quite impressive.

B.C.
 
Manitoba_Rancher, The local elevator is paying 2.03 for old crop and 2.29 for new crop corn. The ethanol plant in SD is paying 1.91 now and 2.25 for fall. Last fall the ethanol plant was paying 1.45 towards the end of harvest. I don't believe those farmers that try to get fields of 300 plus bu. do that with all their fields, they just want the recognition and get their name in the magazines with one or two fields producing that. But I did have a seed rep tell me the genetics are there for 1000 bu/acre yield in the future. I wonder if I'll ever live that long to see it.
 
Since corn avg. 38bu. per ton, the ton of corn is worth $120 for feed but for heat and hot water a ton of corn is worth$266.00

1 Bushel of corn = 504,000 BTU's*
1 Bushel of corn = 5.5 gallons of propane
9,000 BTU's per lb of corn

Actual BTU content will vary between 8,000-10,000 BTU's per lb.

Burn Corn !!!!!!!!!!!!! Link http://www.kernelburner.com/index.htm
 
feeder said:
Manitoba_Rancher, The local elevator is paying 2.03 for old crop and 2.29 for new crop corn. The ethanol plant in SD is paying 1.91 now and 2.25 for fall. Last fall the ethanol plant was paying 1.45 towards the end of harvest. I don't believe those farmers that try to get fields of 300 plus bu. do that with all their fields, they just want the recognition and get their name in the magazines with one or two fields producing that. But I did have a seed rep tell me the genetics are there for 1000 bu/acre yield in the future. I wonder if I'll ever live that long to see it.
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If they get genetics to start producing that high of yields it will only compoound the problem of over supply and it will only be worth a few cents per bushel. Funny how things like that look good but come back to bite ya in the butt. :?
 
Manitoba_Rancher said:
If they get genetics to start producing that high of yields it will only compoound the problem of over supply and it will only be worth a few cents per bushel. Funny how things like that look good but come back to bite ya in the butt. :?
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You know, for years our ag ministers preached increasing yields as a way out of the farm crisis, even during the over supply times. And grain companies keep finding new ways to increase yields even further. We need to find a way to USE all this supply, such as heating fuel (I like the wheat/barley/corn burning furnaces they have now), alternative fuels, beauty products, and building products.

Rod
 
Have burned wheat in my pellet stove in the house. Always think thats a Sad Day when you can burn a Food Product cheaper than using sawdust :roll: Guess that phrase God's not making any more land isn't that significant if we're going to be able to grow 1000 bu corn.
 
I think the next level of plant breeding is high yield industrial grains that are not made for food.They produce more heat or engine oil or plastics of higher quality.
 

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