A Wild First Half of the 2024 Growing Season

The 2024 growing season has presented a variety of challenges to various growing areas across North America, paired with market pressures that do not make farmers jump up and down when looking at their financial projections. With the planting behind us and crops growing at various stages, this is a year where it’s important to be monitoring your crop investments and ROI very closely.

Timely application of the valuable products you purchase is critical to make sure you are getting the most out of every dollar. Fertility, fungicides, herbicides, and pesticides, are not as low as prices like we saw 5-6 years ago, making it vital to make every pass across the field count.

As we look forward to harvest, years like this is where you want to bring in every dollar and minimal revenue loss. DICKEY-john, a globally leading grain moisture measurement company, prides itself on making reliable rock-solid products to help all farmers make sure they are getting an accurate and efficient measurement of grain moisture, for whatever you end goal may be for crop moisture. Whether you are conditioning grain storage to capture some of the market carry, or your operation has bushels that need to go to town at harvest, understanding the impacts of grain moisture is key to making your plan a success and capturing every penny of revenue in these market environments.

One key consideration is that delivering grain that is too dry is water weight that is not being put towards your total bushels. While Mother Nature does not always allow perfect grain moisture in all crops but being conscious about moisture levels can help put money in the bank.

Questions to consider: Do I start harvesting earlier? Does it pay to blend higher moisture grain with grain that is too dry? Can I invest in hydration or drying systems that will pay economically? Should I store more bushels?

One thing is for certain: having an accurate moisture tester is the backbone of whatever you are doing with your crop at harvest time.

Having a tool like the GAC™ 2700-AGRI can make this process seamless while providing you with highly accurate moisture readings, comparable to those from commercial elevator sites. Equipped with the same components as commercial units, these testers will give you fast, easy, accurate moisture for many years. If you need something portable for your trucks or combines, the mini GAC™ family of products has been the trusted handheld solution for decades, delivering reliable performance. At DICKEY-john, we aim to help your operation maximize financial return. We would love to talk to you how our products can help put more dollars in your pocket.

There are many great articles to help educate yourself and prepare your operation for a successful harvest plan:
https://cap.unl.edu/crops/economics-corn-and-soybean-harvest-moisture
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/grain/files/Migrated/soybeandryingandstorage.pdf
https://extension.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/2019-09/S-0003-53-Corn.pdf
https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/acres-knowledge/2020-02-03-farmers-have-you-checked-your-stored-grain-lately

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