[AT] Lumber prices

Fri Apr 23 05:01:39 PDT 2021

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On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:01 AM Jim Thomson <macowboy at comcast.net> wrote:

> Herb,
>
>   He was tilling with a 30' field cultivator. I remember it took about 3
> hours total. This 9400 was the tracked version with about 5000 hours on it.
> He has a Hagie sprayer rig that does 48 rows at a time. I want to to take a
> drive in that too.
>
> Jim Thomson
> Blairsburg, Iowa
>
> On 04/22/2021 10:57 PM HERBERT METZ <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Jim,
> Wow; how long to till that 60 acres with a 425 HP articulating John Deere
> with 8 drive tires on the ground? (google photos show some 9400's with 12
> drive tires).
> Herb(GA)
>
> On 04/22/2021 8:13 PM Jim Thomson <macowboy at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Spencer
>
>   We were experiencing the same phenomena in Rehoboth, MA. 3 golf courses
> were closed in 2 years along with multiple farms sold off for homes. The
> home prices are through the roof and typically selling very fast.  One
> factor that I think is driving this is the ability to work remotely. People
> are leaving the cities and getting into areas less crowded.North Carolina
> is one of the states everyone is moving to. Fast forward to 2021, I
> accepted a job in Ames, Iowa. Talking to the mover, he told me there is a
> exodus out of the Northeast and other states. Massachusetts was #8 for
> people leaving.  We ended up in North Central Iowa in a tiny town called
> Blairsburg. It has around 200 people and no traffic. Just to keep this
> tractor related, my neighbor stopped by with his JD 9400T and asked I
> wanted to take a ride. I rode shotgun while he tilled up 60 acres. All the
> farmers are getting ready to get their corn and beans in the ground but the
> soil is just a wee bit too cold.
>
>
>
> Jim Thomson
> Blairsburg, Iowa
>
> On 04/22/2021 11:19 AM Brad Loomis <brad.loomis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> And some call that progress.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 7:45 AM Spencer Yost < spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>
> New homes are driving it too as some(many??) areas have seen an explosion
> of immigrants from the apartments and condos.  Draw a 2mile radius circle
> around my farm and _hundreds_ of new houses have been been built in the
> last 9 months in 3 new neighborhoods.  Plus dozens of one-off homes on
> newly available vacant lots have been built in that circle.  I am
> definitely no longer exurban - I am suburban.
>
> Specific example - and to keep this related to antique tractors:  I lost 6
> acres of hay field I was cutting on shares when a friend (who lived just
> under a mile away) died and his son turned his farm into a small
> neighborhood(just started construction).
>
> C’est la vie
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 22, 2021, at 10:11 AM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
> >
> > Covid!
> >
> > With people staying home, they’re doing add-ones, remodeling, etc, all
> those things that they didn’t have time to do earlier. This is especially
> true if your the husband and your wife has ideas. In addition, areas like
> Texas, California, Colorado, etc., have an increased demand for building
> material to repair all the damage done by wild fires and storms. According
> to news media, can expect higher prices on just about everything for the
> next year or so because Covid has affected everything in some manner.
> >
> > Carl
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike M < meulenms at gmx.com>
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> > Sent: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:18:04 -0400 (EDT)
> > Subject: [AT] Lumber prices
> >
> > What the heck is going on with lumber prices?  I needed a sheet of OSB
> > which was once $10 a is now $35 a sheet?
> >
> >
> > Mike M
> >
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