Six generations of farmers dating back to early 1850s in Central Illinois including Effingham, Shelby, and Fayette counties. Mr. Dan McKay and his four sons continue the family business with a passion for their profession. McKay Farms, headquartered in Beecher City, IL, created this blog to share their experiences and create awareness for hard working farmers! Check out our website www.McKayFarms.com or www.McKayFarms.net.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Farming more Efficiently with help of Auto Steer
Check out our new video of using auto steer to disk a bean field just outside of Beecher City. It is amazing how technology is being utilized in farming!
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Cash rent changes for 2016
(Source: University of Illinois) Cash rents on professionally managed farmland likely will decrease
for the 2016 cropping year. Rents on non-professionally managed farmland
likely will decrease as well. However, projected rent decreases are not
large enough to cause farmers to have positive returns in 2016 given
current projections of commodity prices and costs. The lagged
relationship between returns and cash rents still exists.
Each year, the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers conducts a survey of its membership. In this survey, managers are asked the cash rent for the current year and expectations for next year. This survey provides a good indicator of rents on professionally managed farmland. Managers give averages and expectations for four classes of farmland productivity:
Each year, the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers conducts a survey of its membership. In this survey, managers are asked the cash rent for the current year and expectations for next year. This survey provides a good indicator of rents on professionally managed farmland. Managers give averages and expectations for four classes of farmland productivity:
- Excellent - expected corn yields over 190 bushels per acre
- Good - Expected corn yields between 170 and 190 bushels per acre
- Averages - expected corn yields between 150 and 170 bushels per acre
- Fair - expected corn yields less than 150 bushels per acre
- Good quality farmland: a $28 per acre decrease to $267 per acre
- Average quality farmland: a $31 decrease to $219 per acre
- Fair quality farmland: a $23 decrease to $177 per acre
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Land Improvements Season Begins!
Jason McKay adding soil to field |
Dan McKay lifting dead trees over fence line |
Monday, October 19, 2015
Court blocks Obama's water act nationwide
Great news for farmers as Federal court blocked small waterways form being subject to EPA and Army Corps. Local US Representative Rodney Davis issued this statement: "This is great news for the farmers in my district who stand to have the
water in their irrigation ponds and drainage ditches regulated by the
EPA. The WOTUS rule is an egregious overreach by this administration
that must be stopped. #DitchTheRule." Read additional information here.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Check out our time-lapse!
Thursday, October 15, 2015
McKayFarms.com is launched!
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Illinois Farmer with Cancer is helped by Neighbors
An Illinois farmer, located northwest of Peoria, with terminal cancer was helped by his community making national news. 10 combines and 16 semis assisted cancer patient Carl Bates who farms around 450 acres. This type of selflessness can be seen all around small farm towns in America. We hope more media outlets will pick up this story and similar stories to show the large hearts farmers have. Please continue praying for Carl Bates and their community of Galva, IL.
Click here to read the entire story on Today.com
Click here to read the entire story on Today.com
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