ORIGINAL: rwilson
Those #'s are impressive but to the guy who plants 75 ac. or so, shells it, and sells it ALL in 50# bags for deer feeding, the impact on him would be significant, at least forcing him to find another market. He's also getting
$4.00/bag for 50#(he must pay for the bag and extra handling) vs. what...
$2.50-$3.00 for 56#. Prob. a different situation in the corn belt where the fields are hundreds of ac. and handling such a volume of corn would not permit the handling required.
Look at these figures. 75 acres X 115 bu/acre = 8625 bu X 56#/bu = 483,000# / 50#/bag = 9660 bags X $4 = $38,640
By the time the farmer makes a payment on the $250,000 combine, payment on the storage bin, pays for fuel, chemicals, fertilizer, and property taxes. He's made about $2-3.00/hour if he is lucky. But he can grow a lot of food for his family and eat better than most of us.