Depends on the set up. There’s two main planting options.
Narrow row(30 inch)
Or
Wide row. (38 inch)
wide row is the older technique that most equipment up until the late 80s early 90s are set up for. This is what my grandfather always used until he stopped farming a decade ago. This combined with other factors usually saw yields in the 120-140 bushel range.
Narrow is what we switched to last year. Narrow row requires more fertilizer and is more prone to effects of drought. But the yield ranges from 175 bushels to 300 per acre depending on all the factors and seed types. We averaged 192 bushel per acre this year. But we didn’t fertilize but once and that still cost 30k. and the long period without rain hurt us a bit.
corn hit 5.87 per bushel when we were selling it direct to the elevator last month. That’s assuming a moisture content less than 12 percent. We were in the 14-15 percent range, so about a 15- 25 cent hit per bushel. So call it about 1100 per acre for corn.
our beans did not do well this year AT all. Last year we got 68-72 bushell an acre. For beans, 50-65 is considered a great year. This year though, we only got 48 per acre. Beans selling right now at 11.62. We got that as our beans were under the 13.8 percent moisture limit before they tack on the fee.