Amherst WI | jbgruver - 2/22/2012 14:49
I am regularly surprised/concerned by how disconnected most of my production ag students are from basic production info like # of plants per acre, fertilizer and other input rates, input prices... etc for their family operations.
How much did you know about the management of your family's operation when you were 20?
Joel
WIU Agriculture
BTW 3-6 gallons of diesel per acre is about the range that I have seen in Ag Mechanics bulletins.
I would say 4-5 per acre for me here. That includes irrigating with one diesel motor as well.
At 20 I would have had an idea since I was already farming then.
Don't think it is just AG kids that are disconnected from the real world. Some of the people that are in the "cubes" at some of these companies don't have a clue about what they are selling. Sure they might have been in "sales" or "marketing" before but their sales experience was running a pet food store and now they are a real estate agent or their marketing experience was with an insurance company and now they are trying to sell compact tractors.
It seems like employers are looking more at the letters that go behind the name or the paper that goes on the wall instead of "does this person really know what they are doing?"
Edited by hinfarm 2/22/2012 17:16
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How much diesel do you burn per acre?
