WAYNE0224 - 3/20/2024 19:40




Of course they are better at insurance, since enterprise units are only available to operators of certain size..... SO yeah, theres that..... Next the inputs are bought at a better price since the seed guys only want to sell complete truck loads of seed corn, and not a measly 10-15 bags.... Then on the marketing, our local ethanol plant only contacted big operators early this fall to allow for the no deduct high moisture corn offer in late September...... It s really a stacked system... These guys will bid the cash rent at "cost" in hope that they have a better than average year....Ive been watching a local BTO for about 10 years now... I know what they were offering back in 2017-18 to the penny....Beans were about to tank out after Trump put tariffs in place on China, I was just waiting for this BTO to take a royal bath, as the amount they were paying rent was more than the crop could gross in total..... The only acres they could have made a net positive that year was the corn acres they put out.... But in typical luck, the next year had a run up in prices, and they came out profitable. ehoff , you are not wrong, but its not the OP's fault that he cannot beat them in this setting.