All your costs go up because it's just slower.

There's a lot of uncertainty in the industry. We're rolling the dice.

Unless it's really pouring bad, unless field conditions are terrible, we keep going. It's just tough on men and women and equipment. I think farming is the most humbling of professions. On any given day, I can experience any given emotion known to man.

They were slower today with the heat and the fact that this is our fourth meet in 10 days. We kinda called it a 'workout meet' today.

Fertilizer costs are up big-time, and fuel costs went from $13,000 to $19,000 (for an average farm), and that's a huge increase. The concern is, what happens if we don't get that bumper crop next year? It's not likely that livestock is going to continue to be as profitable as it was last year.

They just do it slower.