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McCanna, ND | Get a $15k versatile 4wd, $15k air seeder, $30-50k SP sprayer, and a $30-50k combine setup and roll.
An affordable sprayer is a printing press for money. 2-3 passes on the soys, canola could be 4 passes, wheat could be 5-6. So figure 4,000 acres sprayed at $8/ac is a $32,000 custom spraying bill plus you wouldn’t get wholesale prices on chemical.
If you can hire out a custom combine reasonable they can actually make you money. A good combine operator can make/save $15/ac over a steering wheel holder.
Edit: Everyone is talking about planters. For what you are planting there is literally no reason to own a planter, it’s an added and unnecessary expense. 1000ac with an old flexi coil 5000 would be a cake walk. Get a solid game plan/cash flow/budget and roll. $60k for the big 3 things I listed (4wd/air seeder/SP sprayer) is only $60/ac over one year on the 1k/ac. There are guys with much higher machinery cost/ac then that.
Edited by JAnderson 9/21/2023 19:28
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