Michael Evans

@AGandythompson @YoungblutAg How do you like the Yetter cc units? What fertilizer are you putting down and how much? How far ahead of the planter are you running it? Looking at putting together a unit like this one

It was getting a little dark on us last night but @YoungblutAg laying down some fine strips in cover crop that had been killed.

@LawtonFarms What’s the tool you’re pulling and how do you like it?

Riding classic today. Crushing corn stalks.

@FoulkShay @itsmetoo92774 Labor and return to management as well no one likes a pay cut

@itsmetoo92774 @evans9230 Every year is different. Price is only relevant to cost. Lower price lower inputs typically. I’m not worried about it year over year, just focused on margin.

Here’s some fun math for you: if it cost $1300/acre to put this corn crop in, and I want a minimum 10% return, I need $1430/acre in revenue. If I sell my corn at $4.50, I need 317 bu/acre corn yield. If my neighbor sold at $6.50, they need 220 bushel corn. My APH happens to be 222. This is why target margin and knowing your cost of production matters. If you don’t know your numbers this well for 2024, please reach out to me.

@FoulkShay @itsmetoo92774 Agree with focused on margin! Some of those inputs are sticky tho

@itsmetoo92774 @FoulkShay Would also like to know your thoughts on this @FoulkShay

@FoulkShay Not going to disagree with someone else's numbers but going forward how many years do you think there will be opportunities to sell for $6.50 to meet your goal at your APH? Or is you APH going up enough to meet goals?

@CoultesDallas Looks great! What’s all in that mix?

Cover crop after wheat coming along nicely, soon enough we’ll have cows on it. #ontag

@ksufearless @gavin_spoor Are you using any products to move the P down more into the root zone? I have been doing this for a couple years as well but don’t believe we are getting much utilization of the P on top of the ground

While we’re on the subject of banding fertilizer with striptill… say a guy wanted to stay no till - who all is banding dry with the planter? Do you cut rates since it’s more efficient and save some money? Is the decrease in efficiency worth the increase in potential yield?

“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’” Michael W Smith

@Vittetoe761 🤣🤣 hopefully the richer side!!! So 2-3 gallons /ac how many times in a corn crop typically?

@Vittetoe761 Thanks for posting that! I’m glad I asked because I have started sap testing in the last year and am starting to understand (kinda) some of how we are trying to balance nutrition in a plant better. Just hard to unlearn all the established habits!

@biosteward @harleylama @mattygilbert That’s a great question

@harleylama @mattygilbert Did profitability suffer in the 80's? If you weren't overleveraged with high interest expense?

For those of you who didn’t get to “enjoy” the inflation and high interest of the late 70’s and early 80’s… we are here ⤵️. The real fun is yet to come.

@MaxROIFarmer Got Bose earbuds for Xmas and they are the only ones I have liked so far

For those working with AirPods in, how well are they staying in place?

@FoulkShay Broadcast 2 bu oats into corn stalks march 10 Planted the beans into them and then terminated with rup and pre. Was on a new farm to me that I didn’t have the year before to get a cover started. Usually do not do anything in the spring but this year will try frost seeding mustard

Has anyone seeded Spring cover crops ahead of a normal cash crop rotation? Type, rate, application, etc. appreciated

@dfergusonGGF @elevatorscut Same I replayed that part 3 times to make sure I heard it right

@elevatorscut 2.1M bu through 210,000… 😳 I need to meet and learn from this person-she’s my hero. Makes my 4x seem pretty low key

CIF or CIF? Plugging loads or blending? Opening calls or puts? Hedged up or hedged off? How many times can you turn a truck house? Just a sample of the topics we covered on this one.

@GrainHedging Government payments to producers

What happens if grain prices collapse, but input prices stay firm?

@bigaljack Ran both. Custom harvest 6 months a year not worth the money in our opinion.

Looking for opinions on the Equilizer Track systems for grain carts. On a 1500 bu cart, would the equilizer tracks be worth the extra 15k over standard tracks?

Little late here but huge shout out to @MarkDavis0129 for the help in getting this broadcast wheat program going!! Liked everything about it and learned a ton!! Will adjust a few things this fall but definitely a successful first try!!

@ChrisJPelzer Interesting! Looking forward to the results

@evans9230 In this experiment black bean, tofu soybean, sweet corn, confectionary sunflower, and flint corn was planted across all of the rolled crimped cover crop (cereal rye, hairy vetch, HV+CR, and winter canola) and a “tilled” control treatments.

These cover crops were born in the darkness and they die in the darkness, but soon a new crop will emerge. The penultimate experiment planting of Uri’s PhD.