The simple answer: sell it for as good a price as possible!

Many places in the country are working on a perfect storm of farm marketing: great weather conditions leading to great yields and the luxury of having other players in the grain exporting business struggle with drought and other weather conditions. Both Russia and Canada, both in the top 10 wheat exporting nations, are having poor years and aren’t expected to have a substantial exports this season (Russia is down to about a third of their crop this year).

Minnesota, on the other hand, is on track to set some serious records for corn and soybean harvests this fall. Sugar beets and dry beans are looking great as well. We’ve seen a lot of work in sugar beet fields already this year, which in contrast to the last couple (of wet, muddy, nasty) years is pretty outstanding. The weather has certainly played nice in much of Minnesota and North and South Dakota this winter, spring, and summer, and fall is looking great. The rain came at the right times, the heat was perfect, and crops have been responding accordingly. The corn is gorgeous – someone even found a stalk with 27 ears on it in Iowa! A medium sized adult could easily get lost in a soybean in the Red River Valley. Beets looked like carrots last year and this year the leaves look like they’re attached to some underground basketballs.

We’re hoping you guys have a plan for all this excess – and we hope you sell at the right time to get the most cash for your crops. We know things might not work out perfectly with the market and your harvesting schedule, so having storage options on location will be a huge asset.

We met Jason at Custom Marketing Company (CMC) out of Fargo, ND a while ago and learned a little bit more about their company. The Titan Outlet Store strives to offer you solutions other than the quality farm and construction equipment we sell. We also want to help out companies who can help you out with what they have to offer – so here’s some information about CMC.

Custom Marketing Company offers solutions to simplify your grain handling and storage needs. CMC has been a leader in innovative grain drying and storage systems for 27 years. You can visit their website at CMCfargo.com, connect with them on facebook, and follow them on twitter at @CMCFargo. We’re connected to CMC via all available social media channels – they put out some great information and are very good at the two-way communications that drives social networking.

No matter how you handle your extra crops this year, we just hope you’re prepared. Enjoy the fruits of your labor!t

-Al Winmill, Titan Outlet Store Team

If you’re looking for some assistance on your farm, we could either rent out our store manager, Don, or you could look for an economical and efficient piece of used farm equipment at the Titan Outlet Store Inventory