tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post9179631332120152615..comments2024-03-27T03:19:09.202-04:00Comments on HyMark High Spots: Gold In Dem Dar Fields!Ed Winklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-50024139907642332282012-10-23T17:47:44.129-04:002012-10-23T17:47:44.129-04:00Good luck selling industrial crops such as corn gr...Good luck selling industrial crops such as corn grain and soybeans at the farmers market! ;)<br /><br />You probably need to grow organic products if you want the highest value and reach a greater number of direct customers, so it's a whole different enterprise, and there are other opportunities too, like transformation/processing and online sales, or niche markets, like making masa meal if you have Hispanics around.Chimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601975288198239103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-60448296160110832872012-10-19T11:46:15.204-04:002012-10-19T11:46:15.204-04:00Nope, no puple here,hopefully a calm and peaceful ...Nope, no puple here,hopefully a calm and peaceful spirit. I just got clocked at 68 MPH in a 55 again and got my second warning. I think I better slow down.<br /><br />Yes what we sell in mass is cheap but I tried the farm market deal and that was too labor intensive for an old man with not even born grandchildren yet. Turns out they have busy lives, too.<br /><br />I did buy a beautiful head of cauliflower at the Amish store for $2 last week and it put the grocery store veggies to shame.<br /><br />E-85 is back to 3 bucks as Obama makes his last ditch effort to get re-elected. I have no idea if these things correlate, I just notice them happening.<br /><br />EdEd Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6975161130020685883.post-84581253532050513962012-10-18T18:59:24.278-04:002012-10-18T18:59:24.278-04:00Might be what they call fool's gold, when you ...Might be what they call fool's gold, when you get paid 14 cents a pound for corn ($8/bushel) and its real value is 7 times that for barely processed corn ($1.06 a pound for yellow corn meal). ;)<br /><br />Of course, almost none of it is sold as meal or polenta/grits, and consumers pay highly processed corn syrup about 20 cents a pound in soda form, not much above your selling price. I suppose there is a lot of subsidizing for these HFCS factories to keep the prices low, I know there is even more for the ethanol factories.<br /><br />So, will you dress all in purple in the fields for Spirit Day tomorrow? That'd be a sight! ;)Chimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601975288198239103noreply@blogger.com