Recent content by Primosguy

This is my first experience with EQIP so I couldn't tell you if it's the norm or not. I do know I got an additional 15-20% added on to the normal amount bc I've never filed taxes under a certain type of schedule. Kind of like a first time farmer bonus or something like that was the way it was...

Unfortunately at this point the income factor does matter. The annual cash rent pays about 40% of my annual payment. I don't have to increase income but I don't want to decrease it a ton if I don't have to. That aspect is somewhat clouding my decision making

The south end of the property is the lowest elevation on the entire property. I have a 40' wide switchgrass strip planted along the road for screening currently for added security but the elevation alone makes it hard to see more than 100yrds off the road.

Correct, this is the last planting season on the contract. The farmer reached out Friday asking about extending the contract for another 3 years which is what got me to thinking I need to come up with a plan lol.

I know some of you guys have tried about everything under the sun for quality deer habitat enhancements so I'm looking for some recommendations and feedback from you if you would be so generous. I have an 80 farm in Northern Missouri that's an overall pretty damn good farm considering it's in...

I agree, if the MDC stopped over the counter tags and the AR hunters gave up the leases they definitely would get leased again. My point is that they would in turn get leased by residents, thus granting more access to resident hunters. I also agree there could be some strategic staggering of...

It seems like you're insinuating every hunting resident in Missouri is blaming NR hunters for all of our problems. Quite the opposite in my personal opinion, I blame the MDC for the unlimited access they give to the NR hunters, not the NR hunters for taking what's given. If Iowa allowed...

All NR tags are currently state wide, but the NR hunters aren't hunting state wide. They are hunting 6-8 counties primarily in Northern Missouri and the farms in those areas are all leased out to NR hunters who have way too many hunters hunting them for the size they are. 6-8 hunters on a 160...

In my opinion NR tags should be reciprocal of the tag prices and draw/point process as the surrounding states but that will never happen. I would settle for doubling tag prices, reducing NR tags by 50% (same annual revenue), and making the NR apply for either a bow tag OR a gun tag, not both...