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Yep, I don’t disagree w ya at all. That’s why I said the habitat could, not that I’m necessarily saying we should. All Ive ever maintained is that as hunters and as an industry let’s all say that then. Let’s say that the hunting would be significantly better if we increased the deer numbers as...

Interesting and I‘ll say that my experience on my farm has been similar. We’ve not taken a single doe in 5 hunting seasons now and I would say that for all 5 years we’ve felt as though our buck:doe ratio has remained the same. I can’t scientifically say what that ratio is but our observation is...

Ah, I think I’m tracking now….I thought you were saying 84 pounds of P and K when I first read it but you are saying 84 pounds of 6-28-28 of which will equate to an application of around the 21 pounds of each that I need. I think anyway? Haha. Think i read that the sulfur/sulfate will lower the...

Is that the case though? I was under the understanding that antler potential on a buck was greatly influenced by the genetics of the doe it came from but not necessarily any correlation to whether a buck fawn was born to a “big mature“ doe or a young doe producing offspring for the first time...

My “hot button” topic hahaha. To each their own and if you own land or legally harvest however many does you feel like so be it. BUT while as some posters have stated above that it’s farm specific, while technically true, 80-90% of farms in IL/IA and probably the Midwest in general have...

Bassattackr not sure I’m following what you’re illustrating on the —> 84# p/84# k??? also could you unpack the magnesium rate and how that correlates to a prime opportunity to use gypsum? what is their relationship? Is high magnesium not something I necessarily want or is that a good thing...

Yea I hear ya, it’s one of many challenges for landowners like myself that live 5 hours away in a different state though because I’m usually running down on a Friday evening for the weekend to do most of this stuff and so time is super limited, places aren’t always open on saturdays, etc… But to...

10-4 i spread 125ish pounds of lime on this plot a few weeks ago. Just getting to the fertilizer this weekend hopefully. With the coop mix you reference, is boron/zinc/sulfur something that they might mix right in with the p&k youre saying? Ballpark how many pounds would you say or recommend of...

Looking at a soil sample (hopefully the picture posts properly as I don’t always know what I’m doing) and it shows low to very low p and k. I’m guessing my clover plot is approx 7,200 sq ft maybe a bit bigger. If I follow this it is suggesting I put approx 21 pounds of each p and k which I’m...

One or two of those pics look like a different deer to me, hard to tell for certain. But regardless, your harvest pic along w the trail cam pics that are definitely the same deer make me lean towards very little chance that’s a 3 yr old. Looks mature, 5.5 plus to me. Could maybe buy 4.5 I’ve...

Hey guys. I’ve always used whitetail institute arrest max product (12% clethodim) for grass in my clover. I bought a couple gallons of clethodim from local ag store and it’s 26% I’ve just got a cheap to middle of road fimco atv sprayer and my question is how much product to mix per gallon of...

S So beans are quite a bit less in overall net profit though than when the same field is in corn?? Makes the return, whether cash buyer or 30% down buyer, quite a bit less overall if I’m reading you right

I think this is spot on. Which is why I’m suprised a little that the die hard Trumpers aren’t viewing it this way too. Lose the battle, win the war.

What are your rough numbers for inputs on beans?

Great breakdown Skip. Appreciate it. Couple questions… - Do farmers get any sort of subsidized interest rate when they purchase land or do they pay same rate as anyone else? - What type of term/loan is most common? 30 year? - What is minimum down payment banks typically want on good ag land...

Spot on imo. I made a similar comment in a thread above regarding the fraud stuff. Repubs had pretty much all the power and couldn’t get anything to stick. The peaceful transition of power is one of many things at the very top of the list that make this country what it is.

This is exactly how I see it too.

I guess I’ve never really seen (I probably have but my memory is so bad I don’t recall it lol) a decent breakdown/P&L of a farm. I mean if I bought a high quality tillable farm, call it 80 acres, what is my net income from just the farming operations- excluding interest or carrying cost of the land.

I want/wanted to believe in all of the election fraud stuff that was being thrown out there by Trump and some of the republicans but I just can’t get there. We had the President, the Supreme Court, and one of the chambers of Congress…..essentially ALL of the power and couldn’t get anything to...

Please elaborate