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Karl Setzer

@ksetzergrains

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Home is the Rocking S. Angie is the Mrs; Kolton is the Jr. Partner @ Consus Ag Consulting Opinions are in fact also those of my employer.

Grand Ledge Mich
Joined March 2011
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Karl Setzer
6 months
After nearly 30 years this ol’ boy laid down in the pasture for the final time last night. Godspeed Paint Horse, you deserve the rest.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
At least it’s not frozen
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Karl Setzer
6 years
When the neighbor calls and says he could use a load of hay, and neither of you talk about how much or the price. The world needs more of that.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Has anybody tried unplugging the corn mkt and plugging it back in??
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Hopefully they need soybeans.
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Repeated radio signals are coming from a galaxy 1.5 billion light years away
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Karl Setzer
5 years
After 2 days at Farm Progress I can say I have a solid idea why some seed corn is $500 a bag.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
Let the education begin,,,,
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Karl Setzer
4 years
I got Kolton his first sticks of “farm kid sidewalk chalk”. Angie can thank me later.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
The best marketing advice I was ever given; "You"ll never go broke locking in a profit" Go back to the basics. Stay in business.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Problem is simple. Kids today don't know the fear of hearing leather rapidly being removed through 7 Wrangler belt loops.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
After 34 years, this ol boy decided it was time for greener pastures. Rest easy Sir William.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Why is it news when a high school student signs on to a college sports team, but not when a student enrolls in a trade school program??
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Karl Setzer
5 years
Why is someone else’s student debt my problem?
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Karl Setzer
3 months
Farmer; I need to reduce my cost of production Me; We could start with cutting back on recreational tillage? Farmer; Thats not it.............
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Karl Setzer
3 years
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Karl Setzer
8 months
Doctors are recommending couples find activities they can do together that lower blood pressure. Commodity trading was not on the list. @GoddessofGrain
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Karl Setzer
3 years
City moms; DO NOT RIDE A BICYCLE WITHOUT A HELMET Ranch moms; silo’s froze. I’ll run the power you go ride the unloader
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Karl Setzer
3 years
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Karl Setzer
5 years
My daughter and I might be walking down the aisle at her wedding. My daughter and I might be going to kick someone’s ass. (She gets her excitement from me)
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Karl Setzer
8 years
There is an age where ponytails are no longer cute. If you are a man, that age is conception.
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Karl Setzer
1 month
My high school ag teacher once told me a handshake, a kind hello, and a listening ear is sometimes all someone needs. He was previously a banker. And he was not wrong. Check on your neighbors.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
When I was in my 20s I thought I was pretty damn tough. Then I had daughters. One proud dad.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
April 16th; I'm ever going to get the crops in. Might as well start planning for Prevent Plant. April 30th; Should be wrapped up by Thursday.
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Karl Setzer
10 months
First day in the new office takeaway. The blonde chick down the hall is much funnier on social media.
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Karl Setzer
5 years
Weddings are expensive. Memories are priceless. I’d spend the money 3-fold for ones like this.
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Karl Setzer
2 years
@GoddessofGrain The fuck you will
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Karl Setzer
3 years
One of the two has a birthday today. Hint; it’s not Kolton.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
There’s two kinds of horse people. 1. We stable our horses and visit them on weekends. When the weather is nice. 2. Me and my horses both use Mane and Tail shampoo.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
"Farmers are really going to need to reduce expenses and try to maximize profits this year" Isn't that something that should be done every year???
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Karl Setzer
4 years
Had???
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Super 70s Sports
4 years
Historians now believe that at one time approximately 93.1% of Americans had this alarm clock on their nightstand.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
THIS is how you prepare a child to trade commodities.
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Karl Setzer
2 years
I don’t see what’s so hard about preparing for thanksgiving?
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Karl Setzer
8 years
Candy corn is $111.44 a bushel. Diversify friends, diversify.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
A good friend of mine just summed up the economy. “There is too much debt and the music just stopped,,, with no open chairs”
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Karl Setzer
2 years
To be clear, there is no plan to eliminate student debt. There is a plan to transfer student debt to someone else.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
When you're typing closing comments and put "higher" after corn and spell check asks if you are sure.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
Between cattle and horses he’ll never be able to afford drugs.
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5 years
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Karl Setzer
5 years
“A market can remain irrational longer than most can stay solvent”
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Karl Setzer
7 years
60 days ago; Where is the USDA finding these bushels? Today; Where am I going to store all of these bushels?
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5 years
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Never too early to learn the classics
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Karl Setzer
7 years
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Solid advice.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
Anybody who thinks China does business to “make the other party happy” doesn’t have a clue.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
And here we see corn and soybeans attempt a rally,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
5 years
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Karl Setzer
4 years
When you just know that burger is going to be fantastic and the beer is ice cold.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Kolton passed up prime rib roast tonight to eat guacamole and long story short, the paternity test is Wednesday.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
Every time @GoddessofGrain and I are out,,,,
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Karl Setzer
7 years
My goal for 2018; to have half as many profitable trades as everyone claimed to have in 2017.
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Karl Setzer
9 months
When someone who has never traded basis explains basis,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
3 years
Pro Tip; if you wife it ever trying to describe a diet measuring device,,,, never compare it to a cattle tape. Ever.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Difference between @GoddessofGrain and I when storms hit.
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Karl Setzer
5 years
I had a client thank us for doing a podcast because his mother is losing her vision, but still wants to know what’s going on in the markets. That’s why we do what we do.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
If your entire marketing strategy hinges on weather forecasts, you need a new plan.
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Karl Setzer
8 years
Saying "its the same grain in both hoppers so only sample the front one" is the fastest way to get both probed. many times.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
From the CDC; “If your Covid test is positive, you have Covid. If your Covid test is negative, you might still have Covid.” I wonder what their take on pregnancy tests is?
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Karl Setzer
2 years
@GoddessofGrain It’s pretty much how I found you. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Yesterday: Nov soybeans get back to 10.50 I’m selling. Today; she’s got another 25 cents in ‘er Stick. To. Your. Plan.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Expiration dates and the shelf life of food mean a lot less when Angie isn't home.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
The year is 2175……… Nobody; People from Iowa: in 2020 we had a Derecho and the next year a baseball game in a field.
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Karl Setzer
5 years
Unpopular opinion; Flooding on May 15th is more of a production issue than flooding on March 15th.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Meanwhile in Argentina,,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
7 years
So people are willingly mortgaging their homes to buy bitcoin, but the government is worried about what I write in a newsletter. Seems legit.
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Karl Setzer
8 years
Landlords might want to question the person offering XXX more than your current tenant. Fertility program, conservation practices, etc.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Last week; I was sure I cancelled that order Today; I meant 5 contracts, not 5,000 bu
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Karl Setzer
2 years
When your neighbor, who despises horses, knows you’re not home and checks on your herd every day without being asked. The world needs that.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
@GoddessofGrain Once again,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
7 years
So, the "Beef, its what's for dinner" ads are coming back. If you were raised on a cattle operation, it was for breakfast and lunch too.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
My mama chases whiskey with whiskey. She’s my hero.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
2 wks ago; These crops need heat to finish out This wk; This heat is ruining the finish of these crops
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Karl Setzer
6 years
"That contract of corn I hedged is looking like a good move today" Should we discuss your 500,000 bu that is open?
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Karl Setzer
3 years
How about no.
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Globe Gazette
3 years
Swap old standbys, such as burgers and hot dogs, for healthier options at your next cookout.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
If you tell me "l don't care" when I have the remote, you will watch hee haw. Every. Time.
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Karl Setzer
2 years
The old man and a couple of the neighbors threw the first cap away at noon. Just texted the 4th one got tossed. He’s 77. Old ranchers are the true heros.
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Karl Setzer
3 years
@GoddessofGrain The fuck he does.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Gaining 8c in futures but being mad you lost 2c in basis. Focus on the cash. Its what pays the bills.
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6 years
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Karl Setzer
7 years
“So just what does a risk manager do?”
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Karl Setzer
4 years
How many guys had feeder cattle jump to 601 pounds overnight??? Anybody??
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Karl Setzer
11 months
I read some of these comments and I’m reminded of a saying from way back; “On a scale of 1 to bankrupt, how wrong are you on this market?”
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Karl Setzer
6 years
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Karl Setzer
3 years
I watch people struggle to back up a vehicle and all I can think is they never grew up with their old man “directing them” in a voice loud enough to wake the dead.
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Karl Setzer
8 years
Anybody that wonders why people drink at work never watched corn trade in a 2c range. All. Day.
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Karl Setzer
9 months
Pro tip: if you are rolling positions forward and not including the interest cost in the equation you will be sad. Futures carry might not be as pretty as it looks.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Just when you think you've heard it all; "I'm in the house getting myself "cleaned out" for my colonoscopy and figured Id call and check the cattle mkts" same.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Good job local news on the story about US beef in China. By airing pictures of pork ribs. 😳
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Karl Setzer
10 years
I understand farmers work long days in the fall. How about a shout out to the elevator teams that do the same.
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7 years
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Karl Setzer
6 years
News alert; owning muck boots and a carhartt coat does not make you a rancher.
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Karl Setzer
9 months
I was merchandising in NC IA in the mid 90s. If ya’ll want talk HTA fights I have stories,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
6 years
New drinking game; every time you hear "but they have to buy from us" take a shot. Comatose all day, every day.
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Karl Setzer
7 years
Cheer up Minnesota. At least your stadium is going to the super bowl.
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Karl Setzer
6 years
Today's trade war indicator,,,,,
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Karl Setzer
6 months
My dad is calling everyone that might call him during the game to forewarn them he is shutting his phone off until it ends. A: that’s the most boomer shit I’ve ever heard B: it answers so many questions for @GoddessofGrain
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Karl Setzer
10 months
Being able to have a twitter account and being educated enough to use one are two very separate things.
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Karl Setzer
4 years
Just when you think you’ve heard it all,,,, someone steals your round bales.
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Karl Setzer
10 months
So I just had to hold a flashlight for @GoddessofGrain and suddenly I remembered tomorrow is dads birthday,,,,,,
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