Faunsdale, AL | 17821x - 9/27/2024 05:07
Your earlage plan is fine but your bagging costs are high. I pay $600 for use of a bagger for a 9x200. I can buy 9x200 bags for $383.
He may be getting the operator AND the bagger? Even if not, first time bagging, I would make the deal that gives me the most support. I figured it all out when we did it, so I know it’s not rocket science, but if you split a bag, the costs go way high!
The chopper cost may seem high, but remember the chopper is going to be spending some time waiting most likely and could probably be earning the same or more somewhere else feeding somebody that can keep him rolling.
A big question is how it gets delivered to bagger and how fast bagger is. If it all comes from one operator or they’re used to working together it’ll be a lot smoother.
I guess there’s a point where it doesn’t make sense $$-wise, but sounds like this year is turning out to be a good one for you to get your feet wet in bagging! It won’t kill you to pay a little more than the absolute minimum for a small amount and it’s really good feed!
I agree with others, harvesting, hauling to town, shrink and drying, storage, hauling back to farm snd finally grinding has a lot of costs that you may not be fully accounting for in your “back of a napkin” partial budget.
You don’t say, but will you need the corn that went to town or will it be sold. When would you normally sell? How much would the storage in town cost vs on farm?
You won’t have the kind of winter we have here in the a south, but plan carefully where you put the bag. It’s nice to have it on hard ground or concrete here because you’ll be going into the bag with a loader down the same tracks over and over. Mainly put it somewhere convenient to fill it and convenient to empty it. Here it helps to have a good farm dog around it to keep coons out!
Edited by ccjersey 9/27/2024 10:27
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Earlage Economics?
