tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post9101343035890438911..comments2024-03-14T05:55:13.709-05:00Comments on Farmgirl Fare: Wednesday Farm Photos:The Higher and Higher Cost of FarmingFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-79534908774753458872008-10-01T13:44:00.000-05:002008-10-01T13:44:00.000-05:00I love reading about your positive attitude. It's ...I love reading about your positive attitude. It's nice to feel that we're "all in the same boat" together in this current economic environment, be it organic fertilizer or putting kids through college (or for me, affording our already-planned wedding). To stop spending would put others out of jobs, so kudos to you for shelling out! Hopefully we can all help each other out by cycling around all those funds.myteemingeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014182700234108961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-52400511563325967372008-09-26T14:30:00.000-05:002008-09-26T14:30:00.000-05:00Thanks FG! I really appreciate learning about the...Thanks FG! I really appreciate learning about these important aspects of farming. Its something I simply wouldn't know otherwise, and I think these things are important for all of us to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-78721931214704696522008-09-26T12:33:00.000-05:002008-09-26T12:33:00.000-05:00Interesting blog. Ethanol is a scam that I HAVE TO...Interesting blog. Ethanol is a scam that I HAVE TO PAY FOR!<BR/><BR/>You got an oil-well on the farm? Last time I was up that way several did.hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341805107057968097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-38504068539141607012008-09-25T11:22:00.000-05:002008-09-25T11:22:00.000-05:00The costs of fertilizing have definitely driven fa...The costs of fertilizing have definitely driven farmers/ranchers to research alternatives. Hooray for alternatives - glad you splurged on the pastures! I understand so well the issues of choosing between one "necessity" and the others. Thanks for sharing the information with your readers - we only maintain our goats and pastures for a very minor part of our income and it still staggers us when we have to buy hay or feed. <BR/>Looking forward to a lush spring?!LindaSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684545110832413808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-27605710559631744922008-09-25T10:26:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:26:00.000-05:00I took the little survey in your right hand bar. H...I took the little survey in your right hand bar. Hopefully you get a kickback from that! :) I was looking for any Google ads to click on, I know every few pennies helps! I us Google adsense on my blog, and I get a few cents every time someone clicks on a google ad. <BR/><BR/>I helps pay my hosting costs, and the rising cost of... well... just about everything :( <BR/><BR/>I have noticed lots of things going up (besides food and gas) because we are doing a lot of home improvement and I love to garden. The cost of lumber is way up, as well as the cost of plants, mulch, and fertilizer. My hope is to move to a home with a larger yard where we can grow more of our own food (and get some chickens).<BR/><BR/>But there seems to be large costs associated with that as well, as you have so eloquently pointed out above :) (I thought 50 bucks for the back of fertilizer to spread on our lawn was robbery!)<BR/><BR/>KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-42644766681495966392008-09-25T10:24:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:24:00.000-05:00You're right - Ethanol is NOT the answer. It's ta...You're right - Ethanol is NOT the answer. It's taking food off of plates and out of troughs. And not long ago after gassing up I realized that there was a 10% Ethanol sticker on the pump. This was relatively new. I now drive out of my way, and sometimes pay more for gas when I see this sticker. The crazy thing is...My MGP is WORSE with the Ethanol in the tank than with straight gasoline. So I end up needed more of it. Insanity.<BR/><BR/>The bill for fertilizer for our 100 acres of sod grass has been between 8 and 12 thousand dollars the last two years. I feel your pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-13629269089456177572008-09-25T10:21:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:21:00.000-05:00Shoes? Clothes? Vacations? Who needs that? What...Shoes? Clothes? Vacations? Who needs that? What we really need is a tractor with a plow. (Okay, so maybe I just bought some new shoes, but $40 wouldn't go very far towards a tractor, anyway.)Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-23685913739556103022008-09-25T10:10:00.000-05:002008-09-25T10:10:00.000-05:00I know what you're talking about. Having grown up...I know what you're talking about. Having grown up on a farm myself, I understand how any profit the farm makes goes directly back into the farm operation....not spent on some other luxury. I'm trying to get myself back into that mindset as my husband and I begin our farm life (after living as city-dwellers for some years)! <BR/><BR/>These increasing prices are very intimidating and I hope it's not the new "norm". Cattle mineral prices more than doubled recently because of the Olympics being held in China! Go figure THAT one out! Something about one of the ingredients coming from China, etc.kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05630105406455768243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-76497625359173995362008-09-25T00:55:00.000-05:002008-09-25T00:55:00.000-05:00Our tenant who farms our 1800 acres in E. Washingt...Our tenant who farms our 1800 acres in E. Washington has gone to using "bio-solids" from the waste water treatment plants for fertilizer - I'm concerned about heavy metals and stuff like that - but the alternative was in the 10's of thousands of dollars. <BR/><BR/>And as far as the price of flour going up? I can guarantee you that the wheat farmer is seeing very little of that increase. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with your fall chores.(and OMG that little goat baby is adorable-I'm really surprised that he didn't come home with you, looks like he would have just fit under your arm and off you'd go... LOL) T.Tina T-Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054132355737998706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-59104330932030091362008-09-24T22:39:00.000-05:002008-09-24T22:39:00.000-05:00I would suggest that you need to sell a lot of bre...I would suggest that you need to sell a lot of bread to cover your fertilizing expenses, but wheat/flour prices have skyrocketed too!! What hasn't??? (Your fields look beautiful, by the way!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-31545099132678717822008-09-24T22:24:00.000-05:002008-09-24T22:24:00.000-05:00At those prices you would think you are planting m...At those prices you would think you are planting money trees.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925212233815659494noreply@blogger.com