1973 Wheat
by admin on Feb 5, 2016 in Articles and Letters
by: Darrell Stokes (Hussar, AB) In 1973 I received over $6 for a bushel of #1 wheat. That was when a brand new Massey combine sold for about $30,000. Expenses like fertilizer, fuel, chemical, insurance, overhead and so on, were much less in 1973 of course, so a likely profit on that bushel would have been around $4. NEWS FLASH: 43 years later farmers are still receiving $6 for that bushel of...
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