When every dollar counts, you need to break expenses down into smaller components and analyze each dollar. For example, with seed corn, what is your planting population? Planting 28,000 seeds per acre costs less than 29,000 seeds.
Does putting an extra thousand out there pay or not?
These are the kinds of questions that are tough to answer, but they can result in you saving thousands of dollars in expenses or change your profitability for better or worse.
Let’s break each part of the seed decision down to look at potential return on investment for this year…