Shay Foulk
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President: Hannah Foulk Fan Club - Farm and Ag Business Consultant - Cost of Production and Farm Business Decision-Making - Farmer in NW Illinois - Monier Seed
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Initial results from our Crop Condition and Marketing Survey- about 1 MILLION acres represented in 20 states: 🧵 First up,
#corn
condition- right leaning bell curve that shows crops are likely in very good shape in the countryside.
#agX
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Here’s some fun math for you: if it cost $1300/acre to put this corn crop in, and I want a minimum 10% return, I need $1430/acre in revenue. If I sell my corn at $4.50, I need 317 bu/acre corn yield. If my neighbor sold at $6.50, they need 220 bushel corn. My APH happens to be
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The only thing that I don’t understand about aerial applicators is how they fit their massive balls in such a tiny cockpit
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Narrow bridge we cross in Henry, IL with police farm escort. Something about 50’ over the water with heavy equipment that makes you pucker a bit, even though it’s safe! Thanks to Henry Police and Marshall Co. Sheriff keeping farmers safe at these crossings
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This corn doesn’t give a damn about what’s going on in the world- it’s just thriving. I’ll try to be more like this corn.
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Clara Mae Foulk. My wife is a superhero. Everyone healthy and well. Good is so good.
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Anyone else feel like they’re the only ones in the whole country not done with harvest?
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I’m tired of ag businesses wanting to wheel and deal for the 15 minute sale and not the 15 year sale. I want partners in the industry, not distributors and providers.
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Whole-farm 2022 soybean yield average in our operation by trait:
Enlist 76.6
XtendFlex 71
Non-GM 66.8
This is just sharing of raw data, not for any other purpose. Our seed business sells all 3 traits and there are places on farms for each product and
#agtwitter
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Who is farming in Fort Vermillion, Alberta? It seems very far North. What are you growing? Where does it go? How long is the growing season?
Google Earth is fun
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Crossing the Illinois River in Lacon, IL with the combine on an absolutely beautiful day!
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Best man traveled halfway across the country for my surprise 30th birthday. A great man and great surprise. We served together and it’s like picking up where we left off without missing a beat.
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Full cab - they brought coffee and lunch! Love these girls more than the whole world
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I built a tool looking at the cost of storage to answer "Should I Build Storage?" Send a message or drop a comment if you'd like a copy and I'd be happy to send it over for your consideration or modifications
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IDK who needs to hear this but there is REALLY good crop in Northern IL, corn and beans. “Better than expected” season has arrived, and it’s much better than expected.
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Which has more environmental impact- 1 acre of Chicago downtown or 1 acre of Illinois corn production?
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Today I successfully lived another year. This is important, for there were a number of years when I didn’t know what to expect. With a beard, people often think I’m 10+ years older than I am. “Whether younger or older, always act 35.”
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A few months ago my wife left her job to come back into the family businesses- farm, seed, business consulting. We did this because the businesses needed her talent and so she can spend more time raising our girls. Looking back, I think this will be the best decision we ever
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Happy anniversary to the love of my life and happy first combine ride to the love of OUR lives
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10 YEARS CANCER FREE! Final
@StJude
checkup and graduation into the St.Jude Life program for my beautiful wife. God is great!
#SavingLives
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You’re not alone. Your family loves you. You’re doing the best you know how. You made the best decision with the information you had.
Holidays can be mentally taxing. If you missed the market this year and are showing a loss, I just want you to know you’re not alone. Seeing
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Thank you Jesus for a safe and bountiful soybean harvest! Right before a much-needed rain. I am happy to be done combining sub-9% soybeans. Some corn and a lot of cover crops to go. This has been a great Fall!
#harvest22
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Dennis Shafer, truck driver; gone too soon. Leaves behind a wife and five kids, a brother and parents and many others. Sparland, Illinois truck drivers honoring him in procession. 100+ trucks it seems. God rest his soul.
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3 years ago over 500 people reached out to me about this Land Investment Return Calculator when cash was flush. I beefed it up to make it more useful and thought I would offer it again. You know the drill- drop a comment, message me, or shoot an email at shay
@agviewsolutions
.com
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I watched this 8 times, intuitively understand it, and still believe it is magic. Even for something as “simple” as this, engineers are amazing to dream this mechanical functionality up!
If you’ve EVER WONDERED how a square bale gets it’s knot, here it is in slow motion!!
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Simple tool for weighted average price. Drop a comment or send me a message if you'd like to have it to plug your numbers in. No cost- just hope it helps with decision-making.
#agX
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#AgTwitter
I’m writing a piece on farm offices right now- I’d love to see what all of your office spaces look like! This is our new office in the final stages of disorganization before putting it all back together. Thanks in advance for sharing and RT!
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You know what’s not sexy? Transition planning. You know what the most important thing you can do in 2023 is? You got it. No one lives forever, get your ducks in a row and sleep better knowing there is a plan in place that isn’t the governments.
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…did they grease it while they were up there?😂
Just like your grain leg but with snipers>>POTUS came to the farm in Illinois today
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I think times were simpler when all Casey’s looked like this. I’ll reminisce over my morning Donut.
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Tonight I am finishing preparing my end of the year presentation that I call my ‘State of the Farm’ address. It was a good year in our business. I will give this presentation with intensive numbers to my primary lender, secondary lender, and ‘lender on the bench’. I also present
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60” corn 193 Bu/acre
30” 245 bu/acre (same hybrid)
2023 field average 236 bu/acre
APH 222 bu/acre
I have a few more trials on spacing and pop. Didn’t pay with same management but with other management I think it could make a lot of sense. Wish I had replicated with multiple
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How about some more positivity on the socials, eh? Have a great day and stay safe everyone
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What’s the best piece of advice you ever heard your dad say?
For me: “You can please some of the people some of the time, and all of the people none of the time, so don’t even try. Just be a good person.”
#DadsWisdom
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What are the most common injuries on your farm during busy season? For me it's cuts on my hands and arms, hitting my head on equipment, burns, or smashing my fingers in things...
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There they are! Happy to be done, but also wish I had another thousand passes to make. God blessed us with a great year. Time to fire up the powerwasher!
#harvest2022
✅
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Drain Tile being made at Advanced Drainage Systems in SW Minnesota. 4,6,18” dual wall
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What’s your advice for someone farming and starting a family who’s looking to round out their 20’s well? I turned 28 a few days ago- most days I feel much older. So many blessings in the last few years, including our 3 week old baby girl!
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The number of people that are going to "sell a bunch of corn if it rallies back to $5" is staggering
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My wife’s grandmother celebrated her 100th Christmas this year and soon to be her 101st birthday. A century between the oldest and youngest in this photo!
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Sent my loan officer our 2024 end of year projections today, if yield is APH and assuming some final marketing at realistic prices. He was happy to have the information early. Friendly reminder it might be good for you to do the same if you borrow money! Looks like 2024 might be
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Parts run morning! Fuel pump on 5088
Let’s play guess that price…
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Baby girl Foulk joining us after harvest this year! Maine is beautiful and so is my wife carrying our first baby!
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Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
Weak men create hard times.
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Corn out the kitchen window loved the rain yesterday! I can almost hear it growing over the next 10 days of warm weather
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How many miles does your family travel annually? Between vehicles alone my wife and I are around 50,000 this year. I hope next year is much less
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Anyone on this site a three-wheeler fan? Anyone work on them anymore? I am the proud owner of this by default and not sure what to do with it or if it’s worth any time or money
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Whether you think this is the future or not, the technology advancements in the last 10-20 years to making something like this a reality or possibility is simply amazing. Huge congratulations to the engineers and teams that make these things possible. Wow!
Is the
#future
of
#agriculture
reserved to high power machinery or to fleets of small collaborative
#AgRobots
? 🚜
For sure this is a really nice (and effective?) solution by
@AGCOcorp
@Fendt_NA
#swarmrobot
#AgTech
#PrecisionFarming
#SmartAgriculture
#AgRobotics
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What if you saw your last sunset tonight?
Do you know God and his grace?
Have you spent enough time with your family?
Have you pursued your interests?
Did you enjoy your health?
Is it a life well lived?
Have a great Thanksgiving and hug your loved ones.
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Farmers- what do you wish you would have done more of or less of from ages 25-35?
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I’m here to drill rye and chew bubble gum and I’m all out of bubble gum
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No one:
Literally no one:
Not a soul:
PRO700: ’TASK FILE FULL- New Task File Has Been Created’
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Yesterday was a full day. Neighbor that makes strips finished in beautiful conditions and last of 3 winter tile projects. Thankful for amazing conditions the last few weeks- not often like that in February in Northern Illinois.
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Free sweet corn! Giving it away because it’s fun and makes people happy. Tastes great and good crop this year!
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*googles* “How ✍️ to ✍️ write ✍️ off ✍️ personal ✍️ vehicle ✍️”
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Doing 20 acres of low input testing. Half rate Nitrogen, no P and K (good levels currently). Should I cut population in half? Normally 34-36k. Good standability and flex hybrid. Thanks in advance
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It’s hard to say goodbye to history! We will pull a few items off of this old combine for keepsake, but it is off to be melted and made into something new. The hog buildings will also be disappearing shortly. Change is hard, but good!
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Today my “lunch” lasted until 9:04. Will try again tomorrow.
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I asked my wife if she liked my bathroom:
‘No’
Why not?
‘…It’s just not my style I guess’
My bathroom:
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New tool in the toolbox for flex cash rent calculator. Drop a comment/message if you'd like it. RT's will get another free tool I've been working. Hope these tools are helping people!
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Our church service congregation was made up of 35% children today- what a blessing!
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Cover crops and strip till will never work.
You probably shouldn't even try it.
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Just sold our first $6.00 corn for Dec22. When my wife and I decided to start financially farming in mid-2020 Corn was $3.30 and the outlook was bleak. What a wild ride it's been in a short two years! We will continue to make profitable sales and then brace for impact.
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Operating the drone and tractor at the same time is harder for my mind to handle than I thought it might be 😂
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Next spreadsheet I’m going to make is why stirators are stupid
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The year is 1991. You’re looking at your seed lineup for next year. Are you putting any of these
@PioneerSeeds
hybrids in your lineup for next year?
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The importance of community in rural America, a thread 🧵
In a normal day I see 5 people consistently- my wife and daughter, and our farm team. Of course, I see people in passing at the post office, stores, and waving at neighbors on the road. I often place/take 50-100
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I have called you by name…
Leah Marie Foulk
7/29/2023 8:48 p.m.
8.5 lb 20”
Hannah and Leah are both doing great, and Clara is so happy to finally meet her sister “baby Leah”
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Shut the news off. Spend time with family. Talk with your neighbors. Commune at church. Focus on your goals and dreams. It’s a great life we live, don’t let anyone bring that down.
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Not me in the fridge at 10 pm looking for some protein before bed that I know isn’t there but I’m looking anyways
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This hurts my brain. People are so much more mechanically inclined than me it’s not even funny. Very cool!
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Our second daughter’s baptism today. I think one of the top 5 most important days of her life. A beautiful sunrise to boot. God is good.
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Electrical going in today and tomorrow. So thankful this beautiful woman is by my side supporting and encouraging this venture! Baby
#2
in (T)-30 days. We’ve got a lot of work to do before then 😅
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What’s the best piece of advice your dad gave you? One from my dad: “Some things are said within the four walls of your home and that’s where they should stay.”
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For farmers, ag businesses, ag banks, or just anyone planning for retirement/transition and needing a place to start. Message me or drop a comment and I'll email you this worksheet I built for budgeting for transition. I don't save your email and won't spam you.
Often when I
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This conference room will make our businesses more money in the next 30 years than any tractor will. I like both, but I like offices more. And conference rooms tend to break down less- I’m better at breaking things than I am at fixing them.
#ThoughtsFromAFarmer
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After harvest we sit down and make a “lessons learned” list. A lot was learned this year with many changes in our operation. My reflection primarily goes back to planting decisions and better decisions moving forward. What has your biggest “lesson learned” been this year?
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The first night I met my wife at an ag concert/social in Lincoln, NE, 2014. I asked for a picture with her. Told her it looked great! But I needed her # to send it to her... The rest is history. God was looking out for us! Love of my life. Will treasure this photo forever.
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