Now I'll have to stop bitching about no rain
@BantrySeedFarms wanna come seed potatoes
I just need a little... propane propaaaane... time to start the flaaame... Ricky ruined my fuckin' life Julian... Free subsoiler or something
First time on the gas in a year or 15
Hay King of Buttertown retweeted
It will be a facking miracle if we get thru this #harvest26 without booking a fucking farm sale
Hay King of Buttertown retweeted
So.. I spent all day figuring out how these rising fuel costs are impacting farmers during harvest. What I found is very alarming. These rising fuel costs need to end. This is just for ONE combine. Not even trucks, grain carts, or grain drying.
Few notes:
1. I took a Class 7-8 combine and used 70L/hr as an average baseline.
2. For 2025, I used $1.10/L for bulk farm fuel. For 2026, I am using an estimate of the increase due to the cost at the pump getting up to $2.10/L today.
3. I used 8 hours of harvest a day (would be nice!) and a 30-day harvest.
4. This is an extremely variable calculation due to conditions in the field and yields.
5. Imagine if I would've ran the numbers using an X9's fuel consumption....
















