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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:26:15 PM EDT
http://fox59.com/2015/10/07/farmers-harvest-hundreds-of-acres-in-one-day-to-help-friend-with-terminal-cancer/
GALVA, Ill. (October 7, 2015) – An Illinois community came together to help a man with terminal cancer harvest 450 acres of corn. Jason Bates writes in a lengthy Facebook post that his cousin Carl Bates has terminal cancer and doesn’t have much time left to live. With his health failing, Carl’s cousin Dan Bates began to wonder how Carl would harvest his 450 acres of corn. Dan spoke with some of Carl’s neighbors, and Dan says “it all just exploded from there.” |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:30:10 PM EDT
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Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:31:59 PM EDT
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awesome.
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:33:12 PM EDT
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That is the way that it is supposed to be: neighbors taking care of neighbors.
I had a friend, now deceased, who was a farmer in Illinois. He had a heart attack right about harvest time. Same deal. Neighbors showed up to get all of the corn in. Stuff like this makes me proud to be an American. |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:34:36 PM EDT
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awesome. Yes it is.
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:35:10 PM EDT
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This has been done throughout this nation's history. As above, it makes you proud to be an American. It's what we do.
Edit: All those combines and tractors really are a beautiful site! 
For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from.
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:39:15 PM EDT
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For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from. 
It comes from the supermarket in pretty packages just like hamburger. |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:40:17 PM EDT
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Maybe there's still hope for Illinois after all.
Good to see neighbors looking out for each other. |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:42:46 PM EDT
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Not far from me, this happens frequently and it's cool to see everyone pull together to get the corn in.
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:50:06 PM EDT
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I see stories like this all the time on the local news.
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:50:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe there's still hope for Illinois after all. Good to see neighbors looking out for each other. If all of crook county and the city of rockford disappeared, IL is a pretty cool place. |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:55:42 PM EDT
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Good on them!
I wish I could harvest 450 acres a day. My autumns would be so much more relaxing. |
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Posted: 10/7/2015 11:57:42 PM EDT
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Pretty cool.
IIRC, grandpa worked for both the green and the red companies. Retired at Deeres though. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:10:22 AM EDT
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Good stuff. That's why it's good to cultivate strong relationships with your community
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:11:09 AM EDT
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Awesome.
This happens all the time in farm country. People take care of each other. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:11:59 AM EDT
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Pretty cool. IIRC, grandpa worked for both the green and the red companies. Retired at Deeres though. Is that a Gleaner leading the pack? If so, that is ironic. 
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:13:41 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot?
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:19:20 AM EDT
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Awesome. This happens all the time in farm country. People take care of each other. It really does. And the harvest was too awesome this year. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:28:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:28:41 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? Not sure about the worth, but it's likely this was his income for the year. Farming is a tough game and small farms are sadly disappearing. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:30:31 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? Depends on yield and what the current market price is, or what price he sold it for. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:36:35 AM EDT
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Maybe there's still hope for Illinois after all.
Good to see neighbors looking out for each other. Illinois is a fine state except for Chiraq. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:38:09 AM EDT
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Awesome. This happens all the time in farm country. People take care of each other. Cool, when I retire Iwwant to be a farmer |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:38:18 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? 450ac x 170 bus/ac x $3.70= $283,050 Could could get up to 220 bus/ac |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:42:28 AM EDT
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1st post nailed it.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:43:51 AM EDT
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Is that a Gleaner leading the pack? If so, that is ironic.
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Pretty cool. IIRC, grandpa worked for both the green and the red companies. Retired at Deeres though. Is that a Gleaner leading the pack? If so, that is ironic.
Shhhhh |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:44:38 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? Most farmers live crop to crop. Lose a year of yield and it's possible a guy can go under. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 12:51:05 AM EDT
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Most farmers live crop to crop. Lose a year of yield and it's possible a guy can go under. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? Most farmers live crop to crop. Lose a year of yield and it's possible a guy can go under. But nobody only farms that few acres anymore though. If you do you aren't farming. 
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Posted: 10/8/2015 1:11:06 AM EDT
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Not sure about the worth, but it's likely this was his income for the year. Farming is a tough game and small farms are sadly disappearing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? Not sure about the worth, but it's likely this was his income for the year. Farming is a tough game and small farms are sadly disappearing. Yep, offspring are all too happy to subdivide the farm into subdivisions or townhouse lots........Farming is tough work, subdividing only requires a signature. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 3:51:14 AM EDT
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I doubt that's his entire yearly income, but it could definitely be more than enough to make or break him.
Yeah, lots of farmers are "millionaires." There's several farmers and ranchers around here who meet that qualification. What lots of folks don't realize, is how much of that money isn't fungible. It's the seed money, literally, for next year's crop. It's the maintenance for this year's crop. It's the crop itself. It's the combines, the tractors, the various pumps, building utilities, payroll for the workers, taxes on the land, sometimes the lease or mortgage for the land as well. Around here, the farmers and ranchers often drive new cars and trucks, yes. But having 50k in pocket change for a new car is nothing when if your crop fails, you're 5, 10, 20 million in debt. That estimated quarter-million dollars those 450 acres represented could be the difference between having to sell everything in order to eat, or having a farm to pass down to his family next year. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 4:46:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 450ac x 170 bus/ac x $3.70= $283,050 Could could get up to 220 bus/ac Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? 450ac x 170 bus/ac x $3.70= $283,050 Could could get up to 220 bus/ac |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 4:59:15 AM EDT
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And that is just revenue. People outside ag would be shocked at what a bag of seed cost. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? 450ac x 170 bus/ac x $3.70= $283,050 Could could get up to 220 bus/ac Or one of those combines. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 5:17:21 AM EDT
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself?
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Posted: 10/8/2015 5:25:52 AM EDT
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? Depends on equipment and crop. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 5:27:55 AM EDT
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For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from. Some. All of these cornfields, dairy farms, orchards etc around me must be figments of my imagination.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 5:36:36 AM EDT
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Looks like 3 gleaners to me. We use a r75, the gleaners are a lot better for seed bean production. Deere tend to grind up snd Crack soybeans, making them useless as seed, gleaners just do a smoother job processing the grain.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 5:40:24 AM EDT
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My dad had a heart attack in August 94. I was a teenager who had never taken much initiative when it came to farm work. Neighbors pitched in and helped me cut and hang 3 acres of tobacco.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 6:19:23 AM EDT
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Way to support the ethanol industry
Just kidding. Just kidding. I like stories like this. There is hope! |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 6:28:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? . I would estimate...
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Posted: 10/8/2015 6:32:56 AM EDT
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Is that a Gleaner leading the pack? If so, that is ironic.
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Pretty cool. IIRC, grandpa worked for both the green and the red companies. Retired at Deeres though. Is that a Gleaner leading the pack? If so, that is ironic.
It doesn't matter the color of their paint, they can all get along. BTW: It looks like a Gleaner with an Alice pulling the cart in front. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 6:35:03 AM EDT
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Depends on equipment and crop. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? Depends on equipment and crop. And size of fields, dropping the head for transport can be a pain and a bi time consuming. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 6:47:20 AM EDT
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That is the nation I grew up in. That right there.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 7:32:58 AM EDT
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So what is 450 acres of corn worth? Would this be like losing his yearly income if it was left to rot? My best friend and best man at my wedding is a dairy farmer and while I can't give you an exact # of acres he plants to corn....this years crop cost close too $100,000 to get into the ground this past spring..his goes to feed his cows and doesn't sell any so in his situation if corn didn't get chopped it would pretty much bankrupt the operation in short order. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 7:39:09 AM EDT
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Without someone on the grain buggy/cart? About 10 . I would estimate...Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? . I would estimate...Sounds reasonable, likely. Thanks. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:14:56 AM EDT
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? If you do the math, 450 acres with 10 combines for 10 hours. Works out to 45 acres a day. I think that is on the slow side. 10 combines on 450 ac would be a giant cluster fuck. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:18:24 AM EDT
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It comes from the supermarket in pretty packages just like hamburger. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from.
It comes from the supermarket in pretty packages just like hamburger. That's right. It comes right in the package. Grown that way. No animals were harmed in the production of your hamburger meat. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:27:42 AM EDT
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How many acres does a farmer harvest each day if he does it by himself? It depends, when did he crack his first beer? But seriously with corn it might be 20 acres or less if the farmer has to drive the truck to the elevator or if he has contract trucks it could be 50 acres. My Dad had at a minimum 15 trucks on the turnrow or on the way to the elevator (lines of 40 or more trucks waiting to dump) during corn harvest. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:32:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:34:56 AM EDT
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Considering that there is an airplane on sight, it was a bit of a publicity stunt, but a very nice one.
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:39:08 AM EDT
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I think you mean where all of our tax money goes to subsidize ethanol fuel. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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For those of you in other parts of the country--that's where your food comes from. And plastics. And animal feed. |
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Posted: 10/8/2015 9:40:08 AM EDT
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... I like to see good news in GD
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