Potential June rains...

[Klause]

Oh for crying out loud.


The guys on here bitching about how much it costs to export.... Have you EVER exported anything?

12 cents a lb.... for cleaning, freight to port, shipping, brokerage, etc... that's pretty decent.


If it sounds too much, how about ya'll start cleaning, bagging, and loading containers... Put your money where your mouth is.

[furrowtickler]

Try and find workers that can actually think and pay attention to wtf they are doing on the job for more than 30 min at a time for less than $25/hr .....good fukin luck .. Everyone whants more for doing less it is fukin patheitic - oh a god forbid in agriculture you ask someone to help out on a fukin weekend during the busy season ...

[furrowtickler]

*** every young person needs to be paid like bill gates and work union hrs 9-4 and ask for more money and 4 day weekends - fukin brutal this time of year .
My advice - go get a job at the post office

It's been a long spring ...

[saskcanfarmer]

Klaus - Been there done that. You'd be floored if you seen actual margins on reds the last number of years. Reds, Durum, Mustard and Canary Seed. Mind boggling what happens in a non transparent market.

[furrowtickler]

Sorry for the rant but corn planters do that to you right after reseed and hail and frost and flooding and .....

[Klause]

I agree furrow. Had a young guy hired... 22 bucks an hour fuel card and all meals.


Didn't show up when he was supposed to... always had parties to go to or something to do... wanted may long weekend off

On top of that kept forgetting the park brake set the tractor on fire twice... couldn't put him on a rock picker cause he'd get bored and wouldn't do a decent job. Couldn't put him on a cultivator cause he kept breaking shanks turning tight corners with it in the dirt
Couldn't tell him anything cause he figured he was smarter.

[sumdumguy]

Hired help - some are irreplaceable, some need a pink slip. We have seen a variety, but the local boys were the irreplaceable ones.

[AllisWD45]

Ya Klaus around here they refer to that type of guy as 20 years old 30 years experience

[hobbyfrmr]

My helper is 65 yrs old, farmed all his life. He can operate everything, knows when its broken and he can fix it better than I can. He seems to know the next task more than I do. He provides very high value to this farm. He only wants tractor time and about 6-8 hours a day. I dont run a high demand operation so he likes it. Any in field observations/problems/catastrophic failures are discussed but his most common insight is a joking "thats your problem!" The extra revenue is for walking around money, usually he earns enough to go on a couple of winter vacations and he does not have to take from his own assets/equity.
Every season he hints at not working as much so I have been training the oldest girls to cultivate and harrow.

[cottonpicken]

I gave up trying to find help it was always two steps forward three back sure hate being by myself miss the good ol days with brother and grandad who where/are better men then me