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Sign says this thing is blue , but the wife says it's purple... I am diagnosed red/green colored blind so who am I to argue.   Maybe it's the fluorescent lights.

JD built a 100 of em for an oil field company in their colors.

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That is definitely purple, you’re right
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This thread is a delight.

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Sorghum cane crusher.  No idea what this thing weighs but it was on pallet made of four by fours and they were loading it with a skid steer.

https://youtu.be/0x2U2CEOvuc

There used to be a guy who did this at Mill Creek off I-70.  Saw it in action on a Boy Scout trip back in the day.


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Thanks for the updates and photos Tom.  Pretty slick 4020.  My dad and uncle had one, couldn't kill it, best tractor ever built.

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Wandered over to the livestock pavilion and they're having a Boer goat showing contest.  Any goemaws Boer goat farmers?

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Tom,

I jokingly suggested my dad raise meat goats on the farm once my uncles lease is up and he is seriously considering it. I'm too busy to look it up but I've posted before about his interest in raising them. He's even following the prices for goats at the sale barn but so far they have all been too high.

My inlaws should be having a boer goat dispersal sale in the not so distant future.   :Carl:

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Isn't there a guy on this blog that raises meat goats?

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those are some crazy fat goats.
"experienced commanders will simply be smeared and will actually go to the meat."

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those are some crazy fat goats.
Anyone ate one of these goats?  On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?


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those are some crazy fat goats.
Anyone ate one of these goats?  On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?


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Effort management sucks spell it out taserface!

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those are some crazy fat goats.
Anyone ate one of these goats?  On the "taste like chicken" scale what is it like?


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Goat? Predictably has tasted closer to lamb than anything when I've had it.

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Tom, I’m going to need your input on this one since you fixed up a grain bin last year. We have two 10,000 bushel grain bins on the farm that have not been used in a while and need some repairs before they can be used.

How accurate are my dads estimates for the repair costs and also for how much he could rent them out for?

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Elevator charges 4 cents per bushel per month to store grain.

bins are 10,000 bushel with dryers (needed for corn).  Costs more if running dryers.

Would bring in $800/month full price.

Could likely get 2.5 cents, maybe 3 cents.  ($500/600 per month rent)  Would go far to recover annual farm costs of taxes and insurance.

First need to have firm prep check bins.  Repair work needed to replace rusted out collers from blowers to bins.  Electrical and augers need tested.  Also, West bin needs sealed on base as it leaks water in now.

Guessing will cost $2000 to get bins fixed up.

I tried to do some googling but could not find any info about grain storage rates. I even called the K-State extension office but the only guy who would know is OOO all this week.

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Pretty disrespectful to not let SD take a crack at that question in his own thread

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Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain?  Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?

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Rent them out to guys for seed wheat storage.

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Pretty disrespectful to not let SD take a crack at that question in his own thread

SD is a cow farmer not a grain farmer.

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Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain?  Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?

Just depends on its purpose.  But generally the same reason people on wall street hold onto commodities and stock.  Waiting for the right price.

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Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain?  Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?

Just depends on its purpose.  But generally the same reason people on wall street hold onto commodities and stock.  Waiting for the right price.

halfEmpty, you seen to know alot about grain storage. What is the going rate these days to rent out grain bins?

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Low Grain Storage IQ here but how long does someone typically store their grain?  Like until the following year or is it a short term kind of thing?

Just depends on its purpose.  But generally the same reason people on wall street hold onto commodities and stock.  Waiting for the right price.

halfEmpty, you seen to know alot about grain storage. What is the going rate these days to rent out grain bins?

I couldn't really give you a good answer.  I guess it mostly depends on the rates in the area.  Whatever the elevators are charging, it has to be more profitable for the farmer than that.  Probably looking at around .02 cents per stored bushel/month.  Or you could just rent out the total capacity of the bin for the year.  That could be anywhere from .10-.20/per bushel of total storage for the year. (Depends on if there are high crop yields and farmers are desperate for storage).  Electricity for the bins is also a cost that needs to be negotiated.

To answer the original question better (since i misread it and thought it said why instead of how long).  A small farmer isn't likely to store longer than 6 months/year.  They need that money to buy seed, pay loans, etc.. for the next season.  Large farms have enough capital to hold longer if need be.

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The other factor here Ben Ji would be the low grain production that is dependent on the crap weather we have been having. Right now the wheat crop is rated really poor as there was not much tillering and fields are really thin. Factor in the head scab that the wheat has there won’t be a lot to fill any ground bunkers and or elevators.

Corn nation wide was only planted to about 48% I believe, so that will also effect supply. Beans and Milo will replace so there is some optimism there. Generally it sucks to be in the Ag crop biz right now but it will cycle out soon enough.

One question I have is, I get the aesthetic value  the bins have for the place but would it be possible to sell them off? Maybe a better option as augers and watersealing are not cheap and if dryers need work that would be very cost prohibitive.
 
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Can 'jidad get some of that sweet socialism money trump is giving away to farmers?
Hyperbolic partisan duplicitous hypocrite

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Can 'jidad get some of that sweet socialism money trump is giving away to farmers?
My uncle has the lease and does the actual farming so he gets all the sweet sweet government money. I dont think he got any extra #TrumpMoney on the land he farms for my dad since he grew alphalfa/wheat in the one circle my dad owns, most of our land is pasture. The #TrumpMoney was for corn/soybeans growers.

The wheat got hailed on last year so we got our portion of the gov subsidized crop insurance money but nothing extra.

When we first got the farm a couple of years ago i was going over the numbers with him and asked how anyone makes money farming...he replied "The Government"


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My family is like a militarized govt. subsidy receiving operation


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I've posted this link before but you can look up how much of that sweet sweet government money any farmer gets (Be sure to search by business name if they farm under a LLC)

https://farm.ewg.org/search.php?fips=20000&regionname=Kansas

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I've posted this link before but you can look up how much of that sweet sweet government money any farmer gets (Be sure to search by business name if they farm under a LLC)

https://farm.ewg.org/search.php?fips=20000&regionname=Kansas

we appear twice on the first page for Meade, KS. lmao