Post harvest 2022 -Autumn drillings.

[Nearly]

So harvest 2022 looks like it might go ahead at whatever fert cost, whatever crop price and whatever fuel costs. My small harvest will happen, mainly because by the time the sh!t hit the fan with the final jump in costs Jan to March 2022, the autumn crops were in the ground and actually looked pretty good.
It seemed a shame not to throw almost £100 an acre in white-ish pellets at them to see them reach their potential.

Roll forwards to September 2022 and drilling of crops to harvest in 2023.
Farmers are eternal optimists, love the job and are basically solar powered.

Is there any spirit left in the job to actually plant anything at current prices?
Are we better off just going down to the casino and betting on red, or should that be black?

 

[Steevo]

Best option would be to fallow it all and use the year to dig ditches, repair drains etc etc. Get everything up together for a decent year following.

That said…..farmers are farmers! It will take a lot to make the above happen.

I can see some deciding to crop half though….same cashflow requirements, but half the work and higher risk per acre. Fallow the other half and you can still do as above.

 

[teslacoils]

Yup, get it in. Roll the dice.

 

[Nearly]

Local contractor had a good crystal ball and bought 2000 tonnes of ammonium sulphate in October.
He's now struggling to find enough diesel to enable him to apply it to the local fields of old (and new) customers.
One silaging operation with a long haul cost £21 an acre last year IN DIESEL. Having to tell the customer that the diesel bill will triple is not going to be popular.

 

[vacvac1]

Farmers are eternal optimists, love the job and are basically solar powered.