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re: Question for the farmers on the OT
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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winter wheat
Winter wheat looks like wheat.
It is planted in late fall, will jump up a few inches tall and stay that way for the winter. It is green. Spring rolls around and they hit with fertilizer and it will grow about knee high. It will brown naturally (Amber fields of grain) before harvest. If lucky, farmers can harvest the wheat, and get two crops of soy beans off the same field. With cotton, you get one crop, as it is planted later and takes all season to produce.
Farmers didn't plant a whole lot of winter wheat the past couple as the price was down. They planted some going into this year, though.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:37 pm
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Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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What happened to cotton? Is the demand lessened so much that farmers turned to corn?
People got away from continuous cotton for a handful of reasons. It went through a stretch of average yields, low prices, high input cost, and it was pretty labor intensive during the growing season and at harvest. This all combined with the ethanol boom and a lot of farmers went to corn and soybeans.
Some have gotten back into cotton, but are on a rotation. Corn is a great rotational crop and they’re about the same risk/reward these days. I would imagine that last year there was a lot of cotton on that same stretch of road and it probably will be there next year.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:39 pm to prostyleoffensetime
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People got away from continuous cotton for a handful of reasons. It went through a stretch of average yields, low prices, high input cost, and it’s pretty labor intensive during the growing season and at harvest. This all combined with the ethanol boom and a lot of farmers went to corn and soybeans.
Most would rather not fool with planting cotton at all because of these reasons. Some simply won't plant it. It is a corn/soy bean/wheat rotation. Cotton is literally not worth it to plant anymore.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:41 pm to LegendInMyMind
Over the past two or three years I've heard of or seen cotton literally rotting in the gin lot. They can't run the gins, they don't know what they are doing. So, if you take product with an already thin profit margin, and neglect it to the point of ruin, that is another reason to not plant it.
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:42 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Over the past two or three years I've heard of or seen cotton literally rotting in the gin lot. They can't run the gins, they don't know what they are doing. So, if you take product with an already thin profit margin, and neglect neglect it to the point of ruin, that is another reason to not plant it.
Is that why there are so many Mexicans in Athens?
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:45 pm to SuperSaint
quote:Why would you view these the same way?
hope you are consistent with your feelings on welfare
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:49 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Why is there a need for farmers growing corn?
I can buy it at walmart.
But as my dad would say, "That ain't eatin corn, boy."
This post was edited on 6/27/20 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:50 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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Is that why there are so many Mexicans in Athens?
You really should get out more. I'm being serious.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:52 pm to LegendInMyMind
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You really should get out more. I'm being serious.
What are you talking about?
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:52 pm to jimbeam
quote:so are we for or against SNAP?
Rule #1 of a country: don’t let your people starve.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 7:56 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Google USDA Ag Statistics. All the information you want can be found in their publications. The most recent report is for 2019 and that has 2018 data.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:03 pm to nctiger71
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Google USDA Ag Statistics. All the information you want can be found in their publications. The most recent report is for 2019 and that has 2018 data.
Link?
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:06 pm to SuperSaint
How much welfare did you receive in prison?
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:07 pm to cubsfan5150
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How much welfare did you receive in prison?
Honey buns ain't welfare, baw.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:08 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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From Iuka, MS
That’s where my parents live, baw
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:08 pm to LegendInMyMind
My last two duty stations in West Texas and Georgia had cotton planted all over the place
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:11 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
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I mean frick Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, etc are entire states full of corn. How much corn do we need?
Is this sarcasm or were you oxygen deprived in the womb?
We do export a few commodities every once in a while.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:12 pm to jamboybarry
quote:Fried corn.
Corn dogs. Corn fritters. Creamed corn. Cornbread. Grilled corn. Corn salsa. Cornbread dressing. Corn nuts.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:13 pm to OBReb6
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They were growing nothing but cotton in that exact region last year
different crops pull different nutrients out of the soil and leave different nutrients behind when the trash portion of the harvest is left behind. therefore, crops are rotated out. If they planted the exact same crop every year, they'd have to add a lot more shite back to the ground to produce a good crop each year.
Posted on 6/27/20 at 8:17 pm to cubsfan5150
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My last two duty stations in West Texas and Georgia had cotton planted all over the place
That's true in some areas. When I was growing up in my home town, there was nothing but cotton, every year. Now, you would be hard pressed to spot a cotton field. They plant well less than a third of what they used to.
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