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Had a doe laying dead in my lawn at the farm in Des Moines county. A friend of mine about 10 miles away found a dead doe on saturday and saw a doe that was on her last leg before collapsing

Old thread here, but does everyone agree with this method being the “best”? Or better to start in pots and transplant?

Hi Pat, I will take a pound

On my farm i am planning on small 1.5ac patch this fall, it is a secluded field that i want to turn into bedding/browse. Have another family farm (pasture that i have posted previously) that is blank slate and want to do diverse pockets of variety of habitats. Planning natives, wildflowers...

Have any of you done the Bill Winke method of disking in direct seeded acorns? Was thinking about giving that a try in a 1.5 acre patch this fall. Bill seems to have great success with it.

Hooyman makes electric and the same thing in hand crank

I have used the red bag seeder from Earthway for years and find it works well for small seeds but spread 200# of rye this weekend into standing soybeans and seems like there has to be a better option. Is the chest/backpack spreader the way to go? I see solo, earthway, Hooyman, etc all make the...

Man, there is a ton of info on all these pages about apple and pear trees, much of it way over my head! On a new farm, for a beginner in this, what 4 apple and 4 pear varieties would you do? Ideally something that drops late and also something that i could order as bare toot seedlings

I read a few of you guys are starting to put them out now. Is it too early where the posts will dry out before rubbing starts? Should I wait until end September or go ahead and put them out now?

Thanks guys. I will probably give willow a try, have some on my farm. I should be able to get some white pine off another farm.

I know it has been posted somewhere before, but cannot find it. I see many of you are setting a tree post with branches/grape vines in your plots for licking branches and scrapes near treestands. I have never done this but plan to this year. What species of tree/post work best for both the...

I think it is CP22. If that isn’t a tree program I would need to double check

This is odd! I am in process of enrolling a marginal pasture farm into tree crp program right now. 5 ponds and creek are all eligible

Tried the Rain Drop app and really like it. Checked accuracy on two farms about 2 miles apart and it was dead on. The two farms differed by about an inch.

Agree with Genesis, really like mine. Only potential regret is that it wont do fluffy natives. Other comment is that trailering your tractor, i assume loader, and a 5’ genesis is a heavy load. Not sure how far apart your farms are but likely going to need a heavy trailer and 3/4 ton truck to...

This is an old thread, but I would like real world opinions on the Truax seed slingers. I have posted before about my "project" but am converting a rolling hill pasture to a hunting farm and doing patches of natives, trees, etc. Trying to keep the cost down as much as possible so thinking...

Been many years ago but my grandfather had a kubota diesel utv and i was not at all impressed with it. Heavy, slow, no power, and didn’t get around well at all. He has had many JD gators since and my impression of them is not nearly as capable as polaris rangers. Others I am sure have...

I would go in a heartbeat but i have a fall elk hunt planned! This sounds like a great hunt!

Jbohn, I personally think that is too early given how far south you are. I would shoot for aug 1. I do think you will have a problem with them getting too mature and rotting before hard frost when they are attractive

Located in SE Iowa near Burlington. Will have to check out that meateater podcast