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Rivers, MB | Small grains farm in Western Canada. Wheat, canola, peas, sunflowers, oats. No tillage but do band fertilizer in fall with narrow knives.
Last year, we used roughly 5 US gallons/ac. that includes hauling to market. Also includes fuel for excavator/dozer that we used just on our own farm to improve land. All spraying done ourselves.
At 20, probably wouldn't have known exact #. For that matter, my brother and dad wouldn't know the exact # either and they farm with me. At 20, I would have know that 50 ga/ac is extreme. Mental math would say 50 ga/ac x 4 L/ga x 80 cents/litre = $160 / ac. Doesn't pass the smell test!
Most farm kids at that age unless they are actually farming some acres on their own will be more familiar with the operational side of farming and not the economics. not necessarily a bad thing.
Edit: crunched numbers a little closer 4.3 ga/ac of diesel and 0.5 ga/ac of gas (pickups, grain trucks/swather,auger engines, quads etc)
Edited by mennoboy 2/22/2012 17:38
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How much diesel do you burn per acre?
