10 yrs ago....2004
- Corn price was $2.60 per bushel
- Soybean price was $8.19 per bushel
- Across our farm the corn yielded 205 bpa while soybeans were 61.5 bpa
20 yrs ago...1994
- Corn price was $2.50 per bushel
- Soybean price was $6.70 per bushel
- Farm yield averages; corn 187 bpa & soybeans 55 bpa
- Operating note interest rates were around 8-9%
30 yrs ago...1984
- Corn price was $3.17 per bushel
- Soybean price was $7.50 per bushel
- Farm yield averages; corn 164 bpa & soybeans 46 bpa
- We also had 22 acres of wheat that yielded 76 bpa on flat, black ground
- In 1984 we had 10% of our corn base acres in set aside growing alfalfa
- Operating note interest rates were around 12.5%
31 yrs ago...1983
- very large and wide-spread drought in our area
- corn yields were 111 bpa and soybeans only 37 bpa
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| The new 4320 tractor arrives on the farm. |
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| 4630 outfitted for fall tillage |
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| March 1976 - our 4630 tractor with mounted tanks so we could apply herbicides while we ran the field cultivator in the spring. |
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| January 1977 - snow drift taller than the pickup. This drift was out in the middle of the prairie... |
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| Playing in the snow this past weekend. |
