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I can agree with every point you shared. It would be nice though to have the Chinese market buying those beans, but those sales have not been recovered six years later while the American crop carryover continues to swell and crops stored on farms reach record levels

That's not how I remember it. I remember getting separate checks from US government to help cover losses from while waiting out the trade war. The taxpayer paid for those losses, not tariffs. "The spending surge began in mid-2018 when USDA started writing checks to farmers and ranchers to pay...

If you have cattle crap nearby, you will have midges in high numbers

Regardless of the election, interest rate drops are coming. That will weaken the dollar which improves commodity prices and it makes borrowing more accessible. I'm still waiting on the returns from Trump's trade war with China that cost American farmers huge exports of soybeans. So, maybe he...

Almost every thing (except commodities) are at an all time high, so yes lots of things will see some trimming. Oil, gold, silver makes sense right now for the quick buck crowd. Real estate does not

The correction will be sooner than five years. We are already in it, just keep an eye out for the next ISU ag survey report. It will show contraction. Then, add to it sub $4 corn and sub $10 beans which is going to send it land values into a nosedive and really screw up anyone overextended on...

Last night was the first night I noticed the midges (Polk county) and immediately thought of EHD and how this is earliest I can recall the bugs. What part of the state?

That graphic does more harm than good if they are knowingly underreporting. They should issue two graphics then, one for confirmed and one for unverified.

Shelby and Story County both heavily underreported. Family found more that the county total during Fall harvest in Shelby. I found more than the county total during spring shed season on a single public land parcel in Story County (heads had previously been removed)

Exactly! Also, if you think it's crowded now, condense the three weekends for shotgun into one weekend and there will be a spike in human casualties.

So basically, i should take up archery in your utopia.

These are winning proposals

Iowa has a voluntary program such as this. There is not a reservation system though. I think it is called IHAP. There are some good pheasant properties in story county (Ames) under the program.

The crop reserve program also serves to not oversaturate the commodity market and thus drive prices lower from oversupply. It's not simply a handout to develop hunting paradise. Ultimately, land owners are making informed decisions on their properties based on current guidelines. I'm saying it...

And that's on monitored county, state, federal land. Imagine the rate of damage on land with zero park ranger/DNR support

You will see more CRP converted to crops if you get that wish. Many owners aren't going to want strangers on their ground. It's a huge liability. It's also a recipe for arguments and confrontations to break out. Beyond that, in our case, the only way to access our CRP is to cross thru our row...

I'm only presenting a point of view and not arguing for or against either position. The perceived problem with cell cams on private is deer are transient and don't belong to just one person's farm. Cell cams have the potential to eliminate fair chase. Fair for both the animal and the others in...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has tabled its proposed policy position regarding trail cameras on public land to allow for more public input on the issue during its wildlife rules meetings, held across the state in February. There are no changes to how trail cameras can be used on...

This is the fear I have. The outfitters are going to apply even more pressure to get tags designated just for their disposal. They have already been trying for such tags. NRLO also will add to their push, but they have a more legitimate claim to access the resource

In summary, previously it was allowed because it was never explicitly forbidden. Now, it is forbidden on the decision made by the committee that combined the two chapters when they saw party hunting in the resident section