LouNY
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2015
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- 10,801
- Location
- Greenwich, NY
- Tractor
- Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
Being multi millions of dollars in debt is daily business for any large operation regardless of product. Good friend of mine signed a $7M loan in February to plant his 2018 crops. Loan matures 31 December. That's just the borrowed money to put in the crop. Now add the machinery debt and land debt. Very common for him to carry $15M of debt. And don't kid yourself, the banks will sell him out in a heartbeat if he gets behind.
That's a viscous circle having to borrow to put a crop in, paying the interest on borrowed money out of a thin margin. Borrowing for operating expenses is completely different then borrowing for growth.