I guess I realize that deer corn would be a small market for someone that grows 100's of acres of corn a year. I just bought 50# last week from a local guy and I paid $8 for the bag. Long way from Kansas to NC. My local guy hauls dump truck loads from somewhere In Ga.. He has a couple of those metal storage bins, not the size you see out west. If I had to guess, which I am, I would estimate his bins probably hold 20-30 or so tons and maybe not that much. Anyways, he doesnt seem to have any trouble selling everything he brings in and is often out. Turkey season coming in, people buy corn, Deer season, people buy corn. Some of the hunting clubs feed year round. I dont know what this guy pays for his corn and I am sure the haul bill would be close to the cost of the corn, but he's making money or he wouldnt do it. I am just kind of wondering how much corn does one of those over the road dump trucks haul. Not talking about a tandem or triaxle dumptruck, but a road tractor pulling a 5th wheel dump trailer or maybe a bulk tanker.. I guess then the next question is what would a 1000 mile freight bill be. I also see barley for beer making being hauled by train cars from Canada to Asheville NC. There it is off loaded onto one of those bulk tankers for distribution. I talked to the truck driver and he says he hauls a lot of it local, but some of what he picks up is going all the way to Florida. This barley goes to all those little micro beer brewers, another ninch market. I am sure they probably pay a bit more for the barely than somebody like Budwiser.
I guess the point I am trying to make is 25000 bushel of corn aint much in a land where 1000's of bushels are grown each year. Letting it sit in a elevator for 4 years hoping the price goes up, while the elevators are charging storage fees the whole time, doesnt make a lot of sense to me. I'm not a farmer so dont beat on me to bad for my thoughts. I just think that it might pay off to look for you own markets to sell some of your corn instead of letting the big coop's do all the buying and selling. I think I would rather sell it for $4 bushel out of the field now rather than pay storage fees for 4 years and then sell it for $4. Probably aint as easy to do as I think, but is something i would be trying to do if i was sitting on $100,000 worth of product. Seems to be a shortage of wood pellets in some parts of the country, corn is a viable alternative. Start your own ninch market, Bag the corn, sell it for deer corn and heating fuel. I see train loads of corn being hualed from the Mid West to Nc almost daily. Southern States uses it make animal feed. Cracked corn is $9/#50, whole corn about the same.