Cognitive bias....

[beowulf]

I'm way too smart for that. I even learned how to bend an auger. Dig a hole with your PHD, and then don't pull it all the way out and drive forward. Works even better in the Summer when the ground is hard. You're welcome.

 

[5030]

No more land for this guy right now, I’m just hoping my business model will pay for fertilizer and fuel!

Good luck on that this year, I lucked out on the amendment end. Have 2 ton pallets of 46 granulated in the barn at last years price which is half of this years plus I have 4 gallons of 24d(B) on hand as well. Not so good on the fuel however. Not nearly enough on hand so I'm kind of watching the price presently. Potash is non existent here and lime is hard to get too.

 

[bironacad]

Bias? Opinion? Pretty far apart? Anyway to each his own.

 

[oosik]

Many, many problems/tasks have been solved while I sleep. Go to bed with the problem/task on my brain. The 'ol noodle works on it - all night - as I sleep. Solution is obvious when I awaken in the AM.

 

[bironacad]

Sea2, I must admit here that I skimmed your post and the replies with my own bias. It is an interesting topic the idea that my decision process is often, an if this then that, without engaging deeply the topic.
I am not sure if this is part of the Information Age or what.
So upon reflection, a pause if you would, I went back and reread your post. I find it very useful when faced with a challenge to pause and just leave it alone and let the subconscious come up with stuff. The other useful tool is to do what is done here, that is to reach out and get others experience and ideas to engage, hopefully. Lol Be well and keep reaching out.

 

[newbury]

I will often come across a hardware problem/project that is not life threatening but I know there has to be a better way. I've found if I set it aside for a bit the solution will generally come to me. Glad I've LOTS of shop space for "set asides".

 

[dodge man]

It’s amazing how smart we can be but yet so stupid, myself included. It’s not uncommon I run into a problem, can’t get past, then I just step back and the answer is right there in front of you.

 

[Hay Dude]

No more land for this guy right now, I’m just hoping my business model will pay for fertilizer and fuel!

One of the biggest keys to profitable farming is lowering your input costs. Remember the old adages about farming? “farming is the only business where you buy all your supplies at retail, then sell all your crops at wholesale”
Find any way you can to decrease your input costs. If I were in your shoes, I’d be looking for cheap sources of fertilizer (local poultry houses, sources of organic fertilizer). Ask your landowners if they’d be ok with it before you spread…..just in case they aren’t…..some aren’t.
Find the cheapest source of reliable off road diesel and get a good storage tank. Go talk to your local farm bank/credit union/extension.
Get soil samples off your fields and send them to your local testing labs and see what each field needs.
You may have a local customer base looking for organic grown hay. That has been a gold mine for me. People are getting away from ingesting chemicals not just in their bodies, but in the bodies of the animals they eat, too.

 

[sea2summit]

Sea2, I must admit here that I skimmed your post and the replies with my own bias. It is an interesting topic the idea that my decision process is often, an if this then that, without engaging deeply the topic.
I am not sure if this is part of the Information Age or what.
So upon reflection, a pause if you would, I went back and reread your post. I find it very useful when faced with a challenge to pause and just leave it alone and let the subconscious come up with stuff. The other useful tool is to do what is done here, that is to reach out and get others experience and ideas to engage, hopefully. Lol Be well and keep reaching out.

Sounds like cognitive bias

 

[sea2summit]

I will often come across a hardware problem/project that is not life threatening but I know there has to be a better way. I've found if I set it aside for a bit the solution will generally come to me. Glad I've LOTS of shop space for "set asides".

I’ve sometimes done that for months, it does work. It’s like I tell my children when they’re writing, you can’t go straight back and proof read. You have to step back, let your brain let go of it’s involvement then come back and proof read.