Cost sky rocketing
02-06-2008, 06:54 AM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: PA
Posts: 8,167
Cost sky rocketing
I plant six acres per year Rotating crops as necessary, but this year some stuff is off.
Triple 19 the common fertilizer for corn went for $265.00 per ton last year to over six hundred this year.
One unit of roundup ready corn is $225.00 this year ,was $115.00 last year.One unit plants three acres.
Generic roundup such as Ranger or any of the other is high but still reasonable but if you wait availability will be questionable at best ,better to buy early than to miss out.
Triple 19 the common fertilizer for corn went for $265.00 per ton last year to over six hundred this year.
One unit of roundup ready corn is $225.00 this year ,was $115.00 last year.One unit plants three acres.
Generic roundup such as Ranger or any of the other is high but still reasonable but if you wait availability will be questionable at best ,better to buy early than to miss out.
02-06-2008, 09:03 AM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location:
Posts: 567
RE: Cost sky rocketing
It's tough on me as well. I operate a lawn spraying business and my chemical and fertilizer costs have gone up at least 50%. The 28-0-0 liquid was about $259, now $389/ton. Glysophate was $37.50, now $62.
02-06-2008, 06:05 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,409
RE: Cost sky rocketing
Bawanajim, everything has gone sky high.Feeder cornhas nearly doubled in price from last year. Am now using corn mixed 50/50 with deer and elk pellets. The pellets are just a little more expensive than corn and are 20% protein. The deer love the stuff. We fill the feeders in mid September and keep them full until about April. They are used to supplement the deers diet and to keep them onour places. We do not shoot deer anywhere near the feeders.
Corn will not grow here.Clover andalfalfawill not grow well here unless it is a very wet year. I like milo and cowpeas or claypeas planted together. The peas climb the milo stalks.We plant before the grass gets established in the spring. For the fall plots we do not plant until the grass goes dormant. Have neverused any type of control for grass and weeds.For a fall plot oats works well here. Have seen the deer walk acrossthe neighbors wheat field to get at the oats on one of our places. Oats might freeze out in PA though.
Corn will not grow here.Clover andalfalfawill not grow well here unless it is a very wet year. I like milo and cowpeas or claypeas planted together. The peas climb the milo stalks.We plant before the grass gets established in the spring. For the fall plots we do not plant until the grass goes dormant. Have neverused any type of control for grass and weeds.For a fall plot oats works well here. Have seen the deer walk acrossthe neighbors wheat field to get at the oats on one of our places. Oats might freeze out in PA though.
02-11-2008, 06:20 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: NorthEast Arkansas river bottoms
Posts: 422
RE: Cost sky rocketing
I priced some 17-17-17 and some seed and stuff. Man this stuff has went up over 50% since last September. It's out of control, the cost on just about everything.
And I know that fertilizer will be higher come planting time.
And I know that fertilizer will be higher come planting time.
