NEIndiana - 1/13/2019 06:57
map2000 - 1/12/2019 06:58
I am just curious and asking a question. On a weekly basis I run into people that buy seed corn from major suppliers with a huge disparity in pricing. These people live in the same relative area so no, it is not due to zone pricing. I have run into guys buying new and current products for $235/unit and 10 miles down the road I will find a guy happily paying $305 for the same products. Not generally, but in some cases the guy paying the higher price is buying more units than the guy who is paying the lower price. In many cases the guy paying the higher price is actually more loyal to the brand that the guy paying the lower price. With these challenging economics there are growers planting identical products with a $30-$40 per acre advantage in seed corn costs alone and it appears to be purely based on that individual's ability to negotiate. I guess all is fair in love, war and farm inputs. In what other industries does this occur? Is this reasonable and acceptable?
Just because they’re buying from the same company DOES NOT mean they’re buying the same products. I can sell new stax Hybrids for 350+ or I can sell old retired brands that with early pay for RR only corn could get darn near $100. Like anything though, you get what you pay for.
What will be the yield diff over five year period on the $100 corn vs the $350 corn you sell? @ $100 acre diff in seed cost @ $4 corn = 25 bu plus extra plus cost to handle , truck - fert the 25 bu , will get the number closer to 30 bu acre before can realize any type of positive return on the $350 corn.
The seed corn "game"
