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Problems for the corn farmer coming up?
Topic Started: Dec 19 2013, 02:23 PM (554 Views)
Mountainrivers
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colo_crawdad
Dec 21 2013, 12:37 AM
I am interested in the conept of leasing combines. That is a concept, after spending 20 plus years on the farm and after following my sister and brother-in-law's farming for another 50 plus years, of which I have never heard.
Apparently all manufacturers will lease you one. Google it.
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colo_crawdad
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Here is a pretty good explanation of the three possibilities for equipment usage by farmers; purchase, lease, and custm hiring.
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colo_crawdad
Dec 21 2013, 12:31 AM
I think there may be some confusion here. Ban seemed to be talking abut growing sweet corn for human consumption. The OP seemed to be talking about growing field corn either as cattle feed or as a base for ethanol. The two types of production are in no way comparable.

Actually I was referring to all corn. You (people in general, including globally) probably eat more processed field corn than they realize. Here is a partial list of human consumption products processed from field corn:

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Cereal products including corn flour, corn meal, hominy, grits, nixtamal, tortillas, corn bread, and cold breakfast cereals (such as corn flakes).

Other processed human-food products including corn starch, corn oil, corn syrup, and high fructose corn syrup.

Alcohol and corn whiskey..... to keep the aborigines in Canada quite. :smile: (Link)


Some other products and uses from field corn:

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Aside from eating the kernel itself, corn starch was the first discovered alternate use for field corn. Soon after this, developers learned how to turn corn starch into fructose sugar, the most popular beverage sweetener in North America today which is twice as sweet as regular table sugars. From this humble beginning, literally thousands of other uses for corn have been discovered. This list includes ethanol alcohol, cosmetic and skin care products, drugs, batteries, rubber, beverages, crayons, soaps, absorbent materials for diapers, food additives, biodegradable plastics, food supplements and the list goes on and on. Many believe that corn, more than any other grain during this new century, will be instrumental in feeding the world's ever growing population.
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tomdrobin
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The farmers around here have some pretty impressive machinery. Most of it is John Deere. They can prep and plant a field in one pass. And, those big combines make quick work of a field of corn or soybeans.
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