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Curious how many people farm or know farmers...

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ferrinski86
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I live in the middle of Montana (agriculture land) and i do not farm but i know alot of farmers.

My brothers girlfriends parents have a farm and they do different kinds of crop and they are having an extremely good year. we have had lots of rain this year which have caused great crops all around.

the other farmers i know are getting about 80 to 100 bushels (ive talked to probably, 20 or so ). some are lower than 80, which still seems really high from the standard 40 or 50 (at least in wheat, maybe you can get that off of barley or some other crop)

with Russia's drought and the country not exporting wheat, combined with our states harvest this year im predicting a very fall and great crop prices.

my question to NS, how is the rest of the country doing on Harvest? good year, bad year, hail damage? can be any crop, corn, wheat, barley... anything

fall is always a good time of the year for our business (we sell furniture). when the farmers are happy, we are happy.
Aug 27 2010 12:27PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 373
i know farmers, my aunt and uncle have an elk farm in canada
Aug 27 2010 12:28PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 373
oh, i guess i never answered your question, they're elk, as long as they eat they do ok.
Aug 27 2010 12:29PM
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scratchproteen
Posts: 5173 - Karma: 286
crop should be good here in minnesota. had a great amount of rain and the corn is just beginning to change. I'm interested to see what the average bushel per acre is around here after this season. Also prices should be outstanding.
Aug 27 2010 12:29PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
i read in article in the paper saying that the hot summer has led to a good yield. give me time, ill try and find the section in the house somewhere.
Aug 27 2010 12:31PM
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bitchezluv=]
Posts: 869 - Karma: 43
i know lots of farmers here in alberta and we are having an extremely good year for our crops
Aug 27 2010 12:35PM
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corona
Posts: 12818 - Karma: 32,995
things are just peachy here in Eastern Ontario.
Aug 27 2010 12:39PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
http://www.financialpost.com/Warm+weather+boosts+grain+forecast/3439675/story.html

it says that the wheat forecast is above the predicted amount for this year, although the CWB was being conservative in their estimates. the total wheat yeild is still below the total of last year. a lot of crops went unplanted due to the rainy spring, but the farmers still managed to plant more wheat than the cwb thought. combined with the shitty year for the rest of the wheat growers i think its going to be a good one for you guys. it tells me that investment in potash stock will be a good bet, since farmers will have more money in their pocket to spend on fertilizer for the next grow.
Aug 27 2010 12:41PM
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Corben
Posts: 710 - Karma: 49
Bumper crop in eastern washington. For soft white wheat we got a yield average of 78 near the snake river. Which is practically desert land. Were happy if we get a yield of 55.

Whats even better is that Russia banned ag exports because of their fires so prices skyrocketed.
Aug 27 2010 12:47PM
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C.Wood
Posts: 2524 - Karma: 180
I know a bunch of farmers, my parents own 90 acres of farm land which we are turning into a tree farm, so i guess you could say i farm or will be farming, except there will be no crops coming out of a tree farm for some time, maybe some lumber 30 ish years down the road but other than that it is just good for nature. some of the fields on the property will be rented out to farmers for hay most likely
Aug 27 2010 12:48PM
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montanan
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 1,346
cousins in North Dakota hold largest hop contract for amhuiser bush (budwieser) in the state.
Aug 27 2010 12:54PM
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molsongolden
Posts: 1649 - Karma: 162
my backyard looks like i am farming butterflies there are so many. no clue why i guess they just dig the flowers
Aug 27 2010 12:58PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
Posts: 1910 - Karma: 68
we are surrounded by fields, our house was built in 1860 something and there is old farm crap all over the place, A good friend of mine is a farmer, his dad also trucks for Hostess so we get to feed the pigs ho-hos, Twinkies, snowballs, pretty much every imaginable hostess product, very happy pigs.
Aug 27 2010 12:59PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
My grandparents own land in Ohio that they let another guy farm, and then split all costs and profits (basically sharecropping).

Last year, they grew wheat (instead of the usual corn/soybeans) for the first time in about 10 or 15 years, and had perfect weather. They yielded something like 118 bushels an acre. It was absolutely ridiculous.

When they got the check in the mail from the grainery, they thought the grainery screwed up the payment and forgot to split the check with the other sharecropper. That was until they found out how much the yield was.
Aug 27 2010 12:59PM
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montanan
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 1,346
118 an acre,,,, nice
Aug 27 2010 1:09PM
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Polar_Beer
Posts: 1515 - Karma: 228
When I first saw this thread I was like, Troll?!? Then I read it and was disappointed to see that it was not. Is that bad?
Aug 27 2010 1:35PM
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vailsux.com
Posts: 1769 - Karma: 440
a couple hobby farmers i know are pulling some crazy shit, like injecting the soil with the exhaust from their equipment, works like a charm. Some dude out here in plain city spread hydrogen peroxide across two 5 acre plots then seeded that shit with alfalfa. Shit went wild, doubled cuts, and i was astonished.
Aug 27 2010 1:49PM
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ORDEAL
Posts: 6386 - Karma: 75
Yeah but weve had a lot of storms
Aug 27 2010 1:55PM
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T.L.
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i just harvested my first year hops.  compared to a lot of people who grow em' i made out pretty good. 
Aug 27 2010 2:01PM
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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
My parents have a 10 acre hay field that we cut 2-3 times a summer and sell to other local farmers.  It's not much of a farm but it counts. We used to have about 10 chickens but they all froze to death one winter..oops
Aug 27 2010 2:05PM
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r0dubs
Posts: 1764 - Karma: 19
i help my dad farm, he's got a small, 1 acre farm about half an hour from where i live, and a smaller garden at my house.



foodfrom a arden or farm that YOU make, tastes awesome
Aug 27 2010 2:13PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
I used to work on a dairy farm, I know a lot of farmers. I couldn't do it as a living though, way to much commitment/work/time for me.
Aug 27 2010 3:22PM
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Zump.
Posts: 3338 - Karma: 305
Same for me
Aug 27 2010 4:15PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
i work at an apple orchard / pumkin patch

DISASTROUS year 90% apple loss (hail) and pumkins are scared badly from hail.

he is predicting he will be purchasing over 20k in apple from other orchards just so he will have apples to sell
Aug 27 2010 4:23PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
are you telling me that i should corner the market on frozen concentrated apple juice?

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Aug 27 2010 4:29PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14535 - Karma: 11,049
Well I work at a farm stand so I guess I knwo a farmer. We grow all sorts of veggies and fruits (no animals/ eggs/ that sort of thing).
Aug 27 2010 4:32PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
llolololololol

unless you live in the west metro area of the twin cities i dont think its gonna do you much good. lolz


it was a rather centralized problem from what i understand the orchard i work at and all the ones in the area got shafted while ones 30 miles away are fine.
Aug 27 2010 4:35PM
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maximiliaan
Posts: 7711 - Karma: 2,857
i know some...
Aug 27 2010 4:52PM
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Ski4frnt4445
Posts: 420 - Karma: 132
I work on a farm afew weeks out of every year
Aug 27 2010 6:10PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9933 - Karma: 9,432
one of my friends dads is the highest level in farmville
Aug 27 2010 6:12PM
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Lt.Dan
Posts: 87 - Karma: 11

I'm from Montana but I was farming on the Olympic Peninsula (Washington) and we had a short growing season.  Rain when it should have been bone dry, just a weird season all around.

Aug 27 2010 6:17PM
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Dwight_Schrute
Posts: 579 - Karma: 18
Well I'm going to an agricultural high school... for environmental science though. Its funny, they don't have any actual farming classes.
Aug 27 2010 6:23PM
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Ski4frnt4445
Posts: 420 - Karma: 132
thats got me beat
Aug 27 2010 7:07PM
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Dwight_Schrute
Posts: 579 - Karma: 18
That game is the biggest waste of time!!

but who am I kidding... so is NS lol
Aug 27 2010 7:13PM
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