I apologize as it looks like my December update did not load. I went back to republish it, but it's gone so we will skip from Thanksgiving to today, February 2nd. Today is a good day to be in the office with 10" of snow and the kids home for "remote" learning. Gone are "snow" days. Now the kids can work remotely and it not push back the summer dismissal date. We still manage a way to get outside and play in the snow though.
As you can see from the pictures below, our time since December 1st has mostly consisted of trucking. The trucks have been nonstop since December 1st, but we are two loads shy of being done for the month already. And so far there isn't much scheduled to be moved in March. Otherwise, our time has been consumed with year end and beginning year bookwork as well as finishing up crop plans and making all of our 2022 crop input decisions and purchases. Typically, we don't have to buy everything this early, but with the delays in production, COVID and inflation we really need to plan 6-8 months or more ahead to get inputs in place so we are sure to receive them and are able to apply them to our fields this spring and summer.
The commodity markets have been on a wild ride to the upside in the last month. Great prices for sure, but when soybeans are up 80 cents in a week it makes you scratch your head. Be safe out there and if you received some snow try to enjoy it! Have a great day!
Brent
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| NonGMO soybeans being loaded into a truck headed to Decatur for processing. |
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| Uncle Bob hauling more corn to Barlett. |
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| Hauling nonGMO soybeans from a remote bin to ADM in Decatur. We were lucky to get this bin unloaded before the 1" of rain and 10" of snow. |
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| Loading corn from the middle bin at the shop to take to Barlett Grain in Jacksonville. |
