@josh_sayler I hope you have better luck than i did with that banjo meter! Mine was junk
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What is everyone using for a bench mark for business/investment opportunities?
I figure needs to be 20% return minimum depending on time commitment.
Curious everyone’s thought
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@bl_ag_inc Buy a drive over…. Best money spent. Back problems come on slow and last forever. Spend it now so you don’t pay forever
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What’s the best way to power and electric hopper jogger?
Battery with trickle charger? Solar charger?
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@FoulkShay @SiekerSales @mudsmithGW are designed and produced by farmers that farm some of the stickiest muck you can find! Hands down the best you can buy
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Anyone running these gauge wheels on a Case planter? I have a 1255 16 Row. Thankful for any thoughts or feedback. @SiekerSales and I were talking on the 3" and 4.5" today.
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@ZachMasker AR platform in a 223. Cheap ammo and big clip if you miss or have multiple yotes
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Sources: Jimmy Rogers is set to become the next coach at Iowa State. He’s the first-year head coach at Washington State and won a national title at South Dakota State in 2023 as the head coach there.
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@bl_ag_inc It’s a constant struggle with growth. You need the infrastructure to grow but you don’t quite have the growth to support the price of the infrastructure. I personally purchase used equipment that needs work and fix it up.
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Trying to grow a business is a constant battle of building up working capital and spending it to grow revenue.
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I’ve said before, realtors/brokers are ones making money from “farm assets” this year. In my small part of the world, there’s been $28m+ worth of land sell at public auctions in last 7 weeks. Not counting dozens of private sales.
Low estimate of 5% commission, $1.3m to brokers.
Jim Rothermich, MAI, ARA, ALC@theLandTalker
There are 2 farms in Iowa that have made the $30,000/acre club. Both farms highest & best use: corn & soybean production. 11/11/2022- $30,000/acre; new record 12/01/2025- $32,000/acre
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@dubyadirt Yes way more strip till acres but also a lot of guys went back to broadcast and tillage for cost
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Anyone on here ever set up a chisel plow w air seeder hoses to apply fall fertilizer? Would be pulling a case ih air cart w it
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Sometimes I’m amazed I’ve built a business on the premise of trying to clean rye and oats better than anyone else
David Senra@davidsenra
“You can do one thing and do it better than anybody else.” —@ToddGraves
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@mediaking talks about it quite a bit, but having the ability to stay focused and get 1% better everyday for 5-7-10 years is an incredibly underrated skill.
Virtually impossible to not have some level of success after 10 years.
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@bl_ag_inc Hiring great employees and partnership with a national brand. The combination has paid dividends already.
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@bl_ag_inc Good employees more than cover there cost. You just need to survive the 24-36 months it takes to recoup the investments. Also having employees you can count on gives you time to focus on other areas to increase revenue
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I think this all the time (as someone who can’t afford to hire a full time person yet)
Capitalism is a beautiful thing
Bryan Shankman@BryanShankman
Now that I'm an entrepreneur, it's insane how successful a business needs to be to hire talented full-time employees. The total cost is staggering.
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@schuelkecorn @blakeahadley How big was the gift from potash corp? He doesn’t do anything without his best interest in mind
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@blakeahadley 100% of his 90% statement is bullshit
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“You’re saying potash is cheap right now?”
Well, cheaper than phosphorus, yeah.
“And your blanket recommendation is to spread potash based on a chemical extraction?”
That’s correct, Dave.
“Any nutrient cycling data?”
No, sir.
“No context? Just price compared to phosphorus and a ppm value?”
Yep.
Ag PhD@AgPhDMedia
It's important to fix your potassium levels!
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@schuelkecorn Seems like there is moderate control with repeated applications. It won’t take it away completely but will reduce the yield loss
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Who has experience & opinions on Contans? We have whole fields/large chunks of fields with nightmare levels of sclerotia, and im tired of it. If this product kills sclerotia, does it kill good things?
My gut plan is to spray 2#/ac of it this fall on soybean stubble, then chisel.
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@josh_sayler Did you not have to spray it because it was a better crop to start with?
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@gavin_spoor I have played with it and never got a yield response
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Does anyone run 3-18-18 foliar on soybeans with herbicide or fungicide passes?
I have 500 gallons left over from spring and want to put it to work somehow
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