Chuck Hanger
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Being a X farmer
I would have to agree with Travis on this subjeck. Having owned many farms and farming some 2500 acres of both owned and rented ground. You could not have made a dime in the late 80's and early 90's without the use of herbsides. You can not raise both weeds and corn or soybeans which is a grain farmers cash crops.
Although I always had about 100 head of cattle that was on feed, I never fed them anything other than the crops raised on the farm. Did I treat them if they were ill and coughing, yes I did with antibotics, but nothing else. We ate one of them every year and never had a ill effect from it.
Bottom line is that you can not make a proffit raising both weeds and a crop.
By the way here in the "belt" land rents for $125 to $150 per acre.
Very intersting topic. As I have always owned a few trucks also and ran them from the west coast to the east coast hauling produce. So I am very aware of the Mexican workers keeping our food cost down.
Thanks for letting me post this,
Chuck
I would have to agree with Travis on this subjeck. Having owned many farms and farming some 2500 acres of both owned and rented ground. You could not have made a dime in the late 80's and early 90's without the use of herbsides. You can not raise both weeds and corn or soybeans which is a grain farmers cash crops.
Although I always had about 100 head of cattle that was on feed, I never fed them anything other than the crops raised on the farm. Did I treat them if they were ill and coughing, yes I did with antibotics, but nothing else. We ate one of them every year and never had a ill effect from it.
Bottom line is that you can not make a proffit raising both weeds and a crop.
By the way here in the "belt" land rents for $125 to $150 per acre.
Very intersting topic. As I have always owned a few trucks also and ran them from the west coast to the east coast hauling produce. So I am very aware of the Mexican workers keeping our food cost down.
Thanks for letting me post this,
Chuck