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Alpena MI | Shoot for the moon is 230 here. The rest of the story is that when I moved to this area 8 years ago, less than 1/4 of our acres were being farmed more than taking a cutting of grass hay once a year. We have tiled several hundred acres at 30' spacing and have been spreading chicken litter religiously, along with potash and some MAP. The land that was being farmed is sand with low Magnesium levels, which we have been trying to raise. We have spread some lime and gypsum, but PH is relatively neutral.
Now for seed, mostly $120 per bag NONGMO seed that has been compared to Becks, Nutech and LG, on our farm. Epleys 9200 and M&W 48R10, 48R46 and M&W D93 have been our best ROI. Best yield has been Becks 4672, with 4026 and 4359 ending up very comparable yield wise to the NONGMO, which leaves a somewhat lower ROI.
So mostly, the large seed brands really don't know I exist. And it doesn't take many bushels to cover costs for 1,000 seeds with the seed we are planting.
I'm still learning, but the study so far leaves me doubting that 10 bushel per thousand is in the cards any time soon, if ever. | |
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Honest question on seed cost
