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current prices can be see here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/gx_gr210.txt https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/gx_gr210.txt in Maryland where I farm, there
by noefingway 5y ago
current prices can be see here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/gx_gr210.txt https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/gx_gr210.txt
in Maryland where I farm, there has been a surplus of chicken litter on the eastern shore. Good for farmers there, but moving it around is expensive. I get litter from an egg operation near Gettysburg. It used to be free but now is $10/ton. I just bought 5 truck loads (120 tons), cost me $700 per load. I expect that price to go up. On-road diesel just hit $4.00/gal in our area which puts off-road prices over $3.00/gal. Input costs are getting to the point where there is no net profit in raising a crop.
- JamisonM 5y agoBut you are also experiencing the best commodity prices of your lifetime, right? For me personally up in the Canadian prairies if wheat stays at $12 a bushel it is just not a big deal if urea is $1100/mt, even at 8 or 9 dollars a bushel an average crop will be much more profitable than a few seasons ago.