I don't worry about competing with them but I'm very concerned with the wake they create. It raises our costs to maintain what we have on our rented ground. As for long term, There is only so much that can be done with any piece of machinery or man. If you find a level of efficiency that works in your situation, stick with it. How do you profit if you have to increase machinery to pick up another 1/4? The BTOs HAVE to pay labor more than we are willing to live on in many years.

However if I were a livestock producer I would be very concerned.