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AMS takes 10 minutes+ to fully dissolve. You MUST have most of your water in there, say 60-70% full before mixing. Another way is to dilute in bucket so it dissolves & then add. I have heard issues with ams & enlist. If you guys want alternative that’s “almost as good” (IMO) - look at...

I have some free gmo corn if anyone needs some. S of Des Moines or Urbandale. RR. Corn, IMO is far less fussy than beans. I have never seen a corn variety deer didn’t pound. On beans….. if someone wanted to “buy locally” as they had a fairly clever salesman …. Ask for a LARGE bean. Longer...

Yep!!!! See it all the time where the tree row is taller than the fields on all sides. Wondered same thing. Kinda looks like this (yes- this is 1st grade drawing skills)…. Wind catching some. That’s a good idea. Another 2 things I wonder…. 1) working the soil breaks the soil structure …...

Memory of a lifetime!!! Awesome guys!!!!

ANYONE ON HERE…. Go to a fence row that’s avoided the plow/tillage & herbicide for DECADES…. They are still everywhere in most deer/ag areas…. Take a shovel & scoop out a load Feel the “tilth” of how easy shovel goes in and how soft/mellow the ground is. Look at how dark, crumbly & structured...

Taking a break from planting piles of CRP right now. Going over some junk soil that has been abused from before the time I was born. I was looking at some “junk land” I have been doing 10+ years of cover crops & diverse blends…. Soil looks completely different & what grows there is totally...

I promise… this ALMOST Exact mindset of “ground too high, doesn’t pencil out” was to this same degree & difficulty 25 years ago. I bought an 80 with half ROUGH tillable for $115k then. The best I could get for rent was “I’ll plant your food plot if I can farm it for FREE”. Corn was like...

261 here with 16” bar & full chisel chain. I am not running like my younger years but still have 6 of em. Slowing down on cutting. Also- this…. This is what every Tsi guy NEEDS!!! :) ;) & watch vid at bottom...

i never used to leave cams out but with solar panels …. I just leave em. Kinda fun seeing the nubs grow to beams & so on. Goes fast.

MFR doesnt concern me near as bad as bush honeysuckle. So if you don’t have that - very good news. Heck, I like Autum olive better than BHS. If it were mine…. I’d go in and spray the bases of the multiflora rose … I think last time I did that I used diesel or an oil & garlon. Read label...

How many acres u dealing with? I got a vail saw that sprays herbicide after the cut. I can get around without messing trees up and that’s over the top for what folks pry need. Chainsaw & backpack sprayer also works. Or even foliar spray. Like how many acres and how many invasives would u...

I don’t disagree one bit that all the invasives create thickets. & deer like “thick stuff”. For sure & everyone on here has pry seen invasives that create nasty thick areas. Heck- even natives like cedars or less desirable things like prickly ash. Million forms of “thick stuff” - native &...

Curious on this as well. masters degree & dual bachelors degree &….. fired myself 10+ year ago. So my salary is $0!!!! & for degrees in business & engineering…. Farming, manual labor & spending all day on a farm …. I think I use close to 0 from what I got in college?!??!?! Anytime anyone...

Heavy. Could do 25-ish. Could do less & probably be fine too though or do some oats, etc. Good part- crimson seed is very cheap and u still way ahead with no nitrogen cost. It’s way better for the soil & feeding the deer so even if a guy started comparing figures & splitting hairs- benefits...

Bush honeysuckle- man- hearing great things on aerial treatment. For how bad it is & how it’s done - very little downside & massive benefits for low cost. The timing of BHS staying green after all else is dormant is so huge an opportunity. Converting invasive to other better stuff...

I was that dude when I was a kid. 14-16 years old. Only saw about 5 bucks a year & was a big deal if got one. All were 1.5’s. Once I shot a handful & realized places existed with older bucks…. Quickly changed. The guys back home in those areas- seems like the older crowd still does it to...

Man- that’s really low cost!!! I’d also say this on other side of it…. Running a high end disc with crazy flow- u running around a $150k+ unit @ new prices… if a guy got hired out to use that, it would be crazy to do it for under about $300 an hour. So- $100/hour for a drum…. That makes...

What’s goal of the job? Disc wins in 90% of scenarios IMO. Throws bigger chunks all over is maybe a downside but u can back drag them to grind up. Drum is smaller chips but it also makes that area full of mulch so things don’t grow. Drum speed vs disc speed is a huge difference, like I...

One thing to keep in mind…. A drum mulcher runs about 3x slower than a disc. So- if hire out drum… should cost less. In theory at least. I’ve ran a lot of machines with best drums (tuned to machine with new teeth) vs discs and im Probably closer to 4x faster with a disc mulcher. $130/hour...

I’ve had this discussion with folks from the everyday hunter, legislators, casual hunters, non-profit orgs, DNR, SERIOUS Hunters, etc. Along with posts on this site. I wanted to put a fine point on explaining this & have the dialogue. Our #1 issue above all others is fighting for a rebound...