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Farmers of the OB, have a question
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 5:18 pm
Give or take what would be the take home per 100 acres on a normal year with average commodity prices. I know it depends on the crop so lets keep it to bean, corn, cotton since those are rotated in the same fields usually depending on the price forecasts. I am talking a normal year, no drought or too much rain etc involved.
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Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:18 pm to GREENHEAD22
LSUballs said lots of farmers would be drunk by noon today celebrating million $ rain last night and this morn so may take a while to get current 1st hand responses. Used to gross $400-1000/ acre depending on crop. Cost of production/ acre likewise varied for each crop. Only thing that matters is difference between gross and net profit/ acre . Good luck on getting accurate answer here.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:37 pm to GREENHEAD22
Heck, at one time we had 100 acres that we were collecting 14K in payments and it was in cattle. 
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:48 pm to Geauxtiga
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Heck, at one time we had 100 acres that we were collecting 14K in payments and it was in cattle.
I need to find a sucker like that.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 7:56 pm to JSM
Yeah it's hard to answer.
Last night today rain was a God send.
Still be break even year with above avg crop.
Prices terrible.
Last night today rain was a God send.
Still be break even year with above avg crop.
Prices terrible.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:05 pm to GREENHEAD22
You need more than 100 acres... Trust me. If it were poker, the minimum buy in would be something closer to 500 acres just to play the game.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:10 pm to fishfighter
quote:Back story was my dad and his bro had some rice base established. After they separated and we went into cattle business it remained. Was crazy but legit.
I need to find a sucker like that.
I think they've changed the program since. Family has sold land since and I'm really not up to snuff it any longer.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:31 pm to GREENHEAD22
last time I bought cotton was in the early-mid 80's.
seems like back then it was going for $65-80 a bale and decent dirt was getting 2-2.5 bales an acre. that adds up to an average of prox. $130-$200 per acre.
I forget what I paid for beans, seems like most were getting 35-40 bushels to the acre. again, this was in pretty good delta-semi delta dirt and 30 years ago.
seems like back then it was going for $65-80 a bale and decent dirt was getting 2-2.5 bales an acre. that adds up to an average of prox. $130-$200 per acre.
I forget what I paid for beans, seems like most were getting 35-40 bushels to the acre. again, this was in pretty good delta-semi delta dirt and 30 years ago.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:31 pm to Clyde Tipton
It can be per acre or however I am just looking for a ballpark figure on what an avg per acre you would be looking at. I know it depends on a shite ton of things but lets just say an avg year where prices are decent and the everything goes as planned for weather and what not.
Lets say beans bc thats been doing good the last couple of years.
Lets say beans bc thats been doing good the last couple of years.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:32 pm to GREENHEAD22
look above you for some old numbers.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:36 pm to Ole Geauxt
Yea just seeing that.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:44 pm to GREENHEAD22
today, corn price is $3.78 per bushel and you can produce 100 bushels to the acre....
soybean prices today are $10.85 per bushel and you can produce 40 bushels to the acre...
those are gross yeilds though, and I don't know what the inputs are to raise the crop...
ETA: there would also be some subsidies involved that I can't quantify...
soybean prices today are $10.85 per bushel and you can produce 40 bushels to the acre...
those are gross yeilds though, and I don't know what the inputs are to raise the crop...
ETA: there would also be some subsidies involved that I can't quantify...
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 9:01 pm to Spankum
kinda looks like some things haven't changed much.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 9:42 pm to JSM
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LSUballs said lots of farmers would be drunk by noon today celebrating million $ rain last night and this morn so may take a while to get current 1st hand responses. Used to gross $400-1000/ acre depending on crop. Cost of production/ acre likewise varied for each crop. Only thing that matters is difference between gross and net profit/ acre . Good luck on getting accurate answer here.
Reckon why that thread no longer exists?
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:22 pm to Ole Geauxt
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kinda looks like some things haven't changed much.
the only thing that changes in farming is the price of fertilizer and diesel fuel...the rest has been pretty much constant since the '80s...
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:33 pm to Ole Geauxt
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last time I bought cotton was in the early-mid 80's. seems like back then it was going for $65-80 a bale and decent dirt was getting 2-2.5 bales an acre. that adds up to an average of prox. $130-$200 per acre.
Ole Geauxt I think you may be remembering that wrong. $80 a bale would be $.16 / lb. Those are depression era prices. Although the 80's were kind of a depression in Agriculture thanks to Jimmy Carter.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:05 pm to highcotton2
shoot, I can't remember, I think I got the number of bales and bushels right, though.?.?
yes, it was jimmy caaahta depressing, my house during that time was at 15.5 % with a b loon at the end. That's depressin'!
yes, it was jimmy caaahta depressing, my house during that time was at 15.5 % with a b loon at the end. That's depressin'!
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:16 pm to GREENHEAD22
Put up about a dozen chicken houses
Posted on 7/19/14 at 8:18 am to GREENHEAD22
Beans are around $11/bushel. 60-70/bushel beans is a good average yield for us, some guys are pushing the 80-90 bushel yields on good irrigated ground. Let's say operation cost are about $475 an acre @ 100 acres your operating cost are $47500. If you can cut 60/bushel beans you'll gross $660 an acre. ($66000/100 acres) So essentially you'll net around 18k.
Corn and cotton prices are terrible and input cost needed to produce a decent crop make it hard to break even.
Corn and cotton prices are terrible and input cost needed to produce a decent crop make it hard to break even.
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