Posted by rrlund on December 07, 2012 at 10:57:29 from (207.241.137.116):
In Reply to: Re: More sticker shock posted by The tractor vet on December 07, 2012 at 09:49:20:
I remember like it was yesterday the first time I bought Pioneer seed corn. $16 a bag. I'd always planted a local brand from a local seed company for $8-10 a bag. When I had to pay 16 I got light headed. Didn't know how anybody could ever pay that kind of money for seed corn.
All that Specialty has is Smartstax and Double and Triple Pro. I've got too many other weak links in my system to be planting stuff like that. If my yield slips,it ain't gonna be genetics that cause it. That stuff is for the guys who farm like it's rocket science,not the cattle feeders like me.
I can get by with some conventional in my second year rotation before I go back to alfalfa. Just sell me some of that and some simple Roundup Ready for crying out loud,that I can afford to put through steers.
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