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To: DMaA who wrote (305995)	5/20/2009 4:29:14 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

<<$300 if you want the latest high yield hybrid. You could pay much less than that for non-superstar varieties couldn't you?>> Yes, open pollinated heritage varieties go for about $60 a bag. Same fuel, fertilizer, taxes and chemical costs though. Actually a little more on the chemical and fuel costs because they aren't Roundup Ready. Look for a yield of about 80 bu/ac instead of 240. That's about $640 an acre less at the elevator. Monsanto won't let you save any grain that you harvest for next years seed. It's in the contract. If the acres and seed buys don't match up they will and have done DNA tests and will sue.