Recent content by daniel93077

I appreciate the discussion and understand the skepticism—any group advocating for policy changes should be open to scrutiny. I joined ISC last year, I trust the mission and the people leading it to do what the membership as a whole wants. For what it's worth, it was his son's birthday and he...

I reached out to Tayler from ISC. Great guy who is dedicating a lot of time, energy, and passion to making things better for Iowa Sportsmen and our deer herds. Here are my notes from that communication. Understanding SF 247 and the Landowner Tag Debate SF 247 is a proposed bill in Iowa that...

This is where I'm at... either leave LOT as is if truly needed....or..... get rid of LOT all together if it isn't. The bill as written definitely does nothing but burn political capital with those supporting true conservation based on data and evidence. The way it's written calls the integrity...

Getting rid of the Landowner Tag completely would be the common-sense bill proposed if this were truly about caring for the herd. I say that as someone who wouldn't be restricted by the current bill. But that’s not what this bill does—it easily could have, but it didn’t. If this were really...

Let's be real. Zero need for landowner tag period. I'm in favor of getting rid of it completely or keeping it the same. Not a fan something that only benefits people like me who can afford to buy 40 acres when there is no legitimate need for it in the first place.

2022: Ringgold County 240 Acre Farm (CRP, Timber Strips, River): Had many bucks across all age groups that made it through the season and were on the farm the entire time. Page County 360 Acre Farm (170 in CRP and Timber Strips): Found two bucks from 2021 that were almost definitely EHD. Deer...

I don’t envy that job. It’s not an easy one to get right. He was definitely slow to act on inflation but I think he gave a good explanation in the speech on why he originally thought it’d be transitory. If he missed the landing here it’d likely be another case of being too slow vs too early.

The crazy thing with markets are we definitely never know what's going to happen in the short-term but in the long term we know they are likely to go up. I think the scenario you painted might very well happen. I definitely think short of something bad happening we can expect $5,500+ per acre...

Great assessments!

The various calculations I ran earlier in this thread does exactly this and looks at it from multiple perspectives. When you adjust for the inflation of incomes, land prices and borrowing costs your purchasing power is about as low as it's been in the past 70+ years. The same holds true for cash...

Yep. Also, if you already own a ton of acreage, paid off, and purchased at long-ago prices then the current math matters less when an opportunity to buy a neighbor farm might only come once in a lifetime. In those cases, they don't mind overpaying for a piece because all told the average price...

I enjoyed listening to Winke's video yesterday on buying a dream farm in today's market:

No eat the rich argument here. It's just an analysis of the data. I think it does appear the rich have gotten richer but Americans in general have gotten richer over the years. There's been a lot of upward mobility. As it relates to making a land purchase looks like the top 5% earner is cash...

Yeah... it's their disclosures in case AI produces something that hurts someone's feelings due to the prompts of the user.