This is beginning to sound like that $1,600. Troybilt tiller I bought so I could grow $15. worth of tomatoes and corn?
> From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:57:41 -0500 > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Knock on wood... 300D > > Fmiser wrote: >> If you contract out the land, pick something other than soy!! >> >> Peanuts, rape, cotton, palm, etc all make better base stock than >> soy. > > But...but...the government subsidizes soy biodiesel, and they wouldn't > do that if it wasn't the best use of resources, would they? <g> > > Seriously, I believe yield per acre is under 40bu, and I recently saw an > ad for a two stage heated press that claimed to extract over 1.1 > gallon per bushel, so soy oil yield is going to be somewhere below 50 > gallons per acre, and we all know that soy oil is not the preferred > feed stock. The fun part of renting the land out on shares is going > to be finding somebody who wants to farm the oilseed that you want, > and finding a way to get the oil out of the seed if you want to make > biodiesel with your 1/4th of the crop. > > In theory, you could do it with 100 acres and a $10k investment in your > own oil press if you want to go with soy, which should be easy to find > a farmer to partner with. Or you could just buy the press, and 1,000 bu > of beans, and sell the leftover high protein soy meal for about what you > paid for the beans. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
