Being able to harvest it later and getting the refund of what he paid per acre he will not be losing money.
Right, OK so now Mr. Farmer is expected to take all his equipment back to said field, combine, semi to harvest the one acre that now has little to no yield. But we already know you are not concerned about initial fuel cost so this won't bother you at all. A separate trip to the elevator to haul his half a bushel of beans (if even that remains) Ever seen what deer or hell even a single little bird does to overly dry soybeans by even just walking through them?????? They literally rain off the plant and onto the ground. I guess he should just go out and rake em up. Get all that money back. Besides 1 lil acre of standing beans left (if he has any deer around at all) WILL NOT have a bean left to cut. Hell one of my landowners lost over 10 acres of corn to deer this year before he could get into harvest......
OP remmett is right, take his approach. Maybe just maybe if the farmer likes you he wont sack punch ya too hard.
Having to come back and harvest later isn't exactly something most people are going to want to do. Many farmers clean up their machinery after season. To get a combine back out for that amount of ground would make most farmers laugh. I would expect to pay above full price of what he would get at the coop. Don't try nickel and diming the farmer. Might take it as an insult. You can always ask him as said earlier too. Probably the best thing to do, but call co-op and get an idea in case you need to negotiate if he gives you an outrageous figure.
The farmer that farms our field leaves some of his crop for us every year... But we don't make him pay for a lease. Think I would talk to your co-op and then pay over that amount (how much that is depends on discussions with the farmer, etc).
Oh wow i didnt see this had a 2nd page of nonesense. Harvesting later also would not be an option they will be gone I started this post to be fair to the farmer I appreciate all they do but on the flip side I don't want to get gouged for it either it's a give and take like anything else. Being he is a hunter too and this is the last year before we draw up another lease I expect him to be fair, possibly even generous when he shows up later today we'll figure it all out. Thanks again for your input...
Beans up here are running 60-75 bushels an acre. Multiply that by $8.35 and you get $560. That is not including input costs that it took to grow that acre.
One, farmers have their equipment cleaned up and put away when they are done. We will finish beans today and have the bean head cleaned and put in the back corner of the shed until next year by tomorrow morning. Two, beans shatter! Good luck getting anything from them in a month, let alone wildlife damage.
You must be an exceptional farmer and have really good ground. Yields around here are nowhere near that. Especially this year.
This really is pretty simple. As stated above, don't make an offer. Just ask the farmer what he thinks it would be worth. I seriously doubt he'd try to overcharge you since, as the owner, you'll see the receipts showing the yield and price per bushel anyway. Sure, the receipts won't factor in seed, fertilizer, herbicides and fuel, but I'd bet the farmer will factor them in, and I'd also bet he'll be honest about it. Oh, and the idea of harvesting it later is just silly. The 2014 average yield for soybeans was just short of 44 bushels per acre. A farmer bringing his equipment back into service after the harvest is over for slightly over 1 acre of anything is unfathomable.
Shouldn't need to know what the bean value is, only what his expense for the acre was so he isn't out money.
I've argued this with him for three pages, he is either trolling or..... well I wont call names, but he ain't gonna get it.
Wouldn't the farmers expense on the acre include seed cost? 1 acre lease price + 1acre seed + 1 acre of fertilizer/lime cost + 1 acre of gas cost. There isn't need to worry about what the value of the crop is, only make sure the farmers cost is covered.
As long as he is paid his expense into the acre, the farmer is not out any money. What the yield might have been doesn't matter.
