Central NE | Most of the seeds retail for $205-250 per bag, with most purchased for $154-200 with discounts The 62-97 retails for over $350 per bag, and if you could get $50 in discounts you would still be $100-146 per bag more expensive than the others.
A plant population of 31K per acre translates into 2.58 acres per bag.
$100 / 2.58 = $38.8 per acre more expensive / $6/bu = 6.46 bushels per acre more expensive $146 / 2.58 = $56.6 per acre more expensive / $6/bu = 9.43 bushels per acre more expensive
I don't know about you, but I don't grow corn for anybody else for less than 50% of the crop so if I am going to grow corn for monsanto, I expect to make 50% of the revenue to cover risk, drying, hauling, insuring, fertilizing, ROI, etc... so double the figures above.
So I would need to be convinced that I could grow 13- 19 bushels more before I would buy 62-97 at current prices
Edited by Hayinhere 12/10/2011 20:49
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