Mike Dickinson

First trip to Costco to buy a rotisserie chicken that came right off my farm the checkout counter of the worlds second largest retailer. And they are so good! 🐓🐓

@5150Farms Live poor….Die rich!

Does buying land make sense ? 1 acre example $10,000 an acre and pay cash Takes 30 yrs for the land to generate enough $$$ to pay for itself Or invest that 10,000 in the stock market for 30 yrs and that 10,000 is now $100,000 And in 30 yrs that one acre is now worth $20,000 an acre ??? Now let’s do it when you put $5343 down payment borrow $4657 so you have $300 an acre payments to bank for 30 yrs Pay $4343 in interest For a total of $14,343 invested into that 1 acre Value of land in 30 yrs $20,000 per acre ?? Now invest that down payment of $5343 for 30 yrs You will have $53,764

@CBKimbrell I raise these birds. Coscto sells over 100 million of them a year. You maybe don’t serve rotisserie chicken on holidays. But no better value in protein the rest of the days out of the year!

My wife just bought chicken for $1.25/lb. I told her it’s a good thing that chicken isn’t any good or we’d be out of the beef business. Maybe someone should point out to Trump that we don’t need to lower cattle prices because folks can always eat chicken if they’re desperate.

@KellyGarrett75 I spent an hour with a cuttoff wheel and sawzall this mrning freeing one from a hay feeder so I share your frustration!

This is a problem. A dumb problem. But still a problem

@FarmrHuntr Fall early seeding regardless if drill, broadcast etc. always seems disappointing. I get it done before the snow flies and it all looks about the same come spring. In SWIA here.

@MikeFamilyFarm Looks great Mike. Thanks for sharing. How many bushels does your rig hold? Are you a fan of early rye seeding or get to it whenever ?

How much seed to soil contact do you need in 200-250 bpa residue? We shall find out with disturbance limited to 2 rolling baskets.

@FarmrHuntr @UnverferthMfg 48 bu. Technically. Inhafe had some issues with the frame on the unverferth harrow though so I don’t fill it that full on our rough farms (most of them).

@FarmrHuntr @UnverferthMfg This spring. Fall rye rate was 1bu-acre with same style seeder.

@MaxROIFarmer Steering radius. I don’t want to have to have an acre headland to turn around in. Bigger cab with electric shifting tranny like 8400 JD of similar era.

If you were going to tear down and rebuild a boxcar magnum today what things would you try and add/improve to make it better than factory?

@CBKimbrell @JerodMcDaniel People can have issues with the hog and poultry contract growers all they want. I do as well. I also know of almost none that regret going down that path. Contract feeding chickens has been the best investment my farm has made.

Due to a post by @JerodMcDaniel I had grok compare cattle prices to the S&P. Cattle prices are still low comparatively speaking so that got me wondering why hogs and chickens haven’t even kept up with beef. My conclusion is they’re primarily raised by indentured servants and the overlords are oppressive. This isn’t meant to be a dig on the pig and poultry industries, it’s just the way I see it has gone. Had a Canadian hog farmer on here this week bragging about how he could work for pennies and undercut the American hog market. How did we get to the point that “being efficient” ie risking everything and working for nothing is something to be celebrated? I pray we never let this go further than it already has in the cow-calf industry.

@DDFalpha @sstheatres Saw it last week! Amazing show!

Going to see David at @sstheatres, they do not disappoint! ✝️🙏🏼

@embdenhaymaker Good attitude. The biggest thing statistically is to not be alone and don’t enter a bin you can’t touch the floor on. I don’t consider the sweep a danger. As more large bins show up on farms the more deaths there will be. Happening way too often. Need that attitude of safety. IMO

This may be controversial. We don’t enter bins unless 2 people are present. Ran the sweep around the bottom 3 times. Maybe 30 bushels left on this floor. $125 worth of grain or all your limbs and or life. Safety is a priority not a choice. Thanks for listening.

@CBKimbrell The deposit for our reception was $300. And when we didn’t burn the church hall down they gave it back to us!

Oh the horror. We spent all of a few hundred bucks on our wedding and we’re still married, over 31 years later.

@josh_knauss @Qconnealy19 If it was going to corn, I’d kill it pretty quick. Full rate of gly. Ideally warm day before, of, and day after app. Plant when its brown. Probably 2 weeks after termination.

@Qconnealy19 @MikeFamilyFarm is your go to for cover crop questions. And an all-around stand up good guy.

So I’m going to be honest as a first time cover cropper. What’s my next step here coming into #plant25 ? When do I terminate this green stuff or is it easier to use a little steel therapy to prep before planting? It’ll be going to irrigated corn 🌽 #pleaseHelp #agX

@NicoleStecklein We had a blizzard yesterday with several inches of snow the color of a rusty snow cone. 😬

Does the rain in eastern iowa look dirty to anyone else? Is it possible the dust and dirt from Oklahoma and Kansas was in the atmosphere and is now being deposited here?

@CBKimbrell @KaceyAukema @Benefitsguynick You can’t do that. Its being handled appropriately. The manner in which commercial poultry is raised you are nearly guaranteed to spread the disease. You will be disposing of birds with active infections. There will have to be feed trucks, live haul trucks, service techs.

@KaceyAukema @Benefitsguynick If it’s 99.5 percent it’d still be worth the effort.

Serious question: Why kill the chickens? If the flock has the flu, why not wait to see which ones survive and then you have breeding stock that’s tough enough to survive it.

@craigknapp76 @CBKimbrell 100 percent guarantee you commercial poultry will all die. Just a matter of time. Its devastating.

They claim that the strain they are detecting has a 100% mortality rate.... I call BS... Nobody with their own bird flocks on their farms/acreages have seen any abnormal deaths. We certainly haven't. We have free range turkeys and chickens and haven't seen anything abnormal for many years. Our hens are confined all winter in a small barn area, its far too cold to let them out, so they live in worse conditions than a heated barn that the large operations have in winter. I'm not believing in any of this. When what you observe doesn't match the media/govt narrative you have to be skeptical that any of it is real.

@jessicawilcoxOK I think the issue is that fentanyl is used to “spike” other drugs to increase cheaper manufactured drugs potency. Not necessarily used as a primary drug.Dosing of fentanyl is such that “Spiking” another drug with a minimal amount causes death. One dose gives a high,next death.

Random thought today: IF they get the flow of fentanyl to substantially decrease, what will all the users turn to? What is the substitute? Will the users be able to clean up? Literally way out of my wheelhouse, just wondering about all the users/homeless.

@Bkitch1Bodie Contract feeding livestock/ manure

Best investment for your farm.. Go

@91PoorFarmer2 That thing just has a wider pickup and faster/heavier driveline pushing the plunger compared to my 40+ yesr old 336 that I paid $1,500 for. Ha!

Deere square balers make very nice bales compared to New Holland balers. But not at that price. Could not imagine why it's a 2022 sitting on the lot two weeks from 2025

@ksufearless Just bought a cascadia with isx and eaton auto. We wanted an auto for same reason as you. They are not trouble free but had to go with eaton because it is PTO compatible. Not all auto’s can easily add PTO’s to if that ever an issues.