Sad day for me...

[Bowtech84]

I beg to differ...... the big shot wipe the land clear of every last bush will get what he deserves , the market will take care of that all on its own. Spend $11000 an acre , wipe it clean at almost $4 diesel fuel then tile it , ya real profitable..... It makes me sick to see all this going on everywhere and I am a fourth generation farmer. I'm sick of the wind blowing 30 mph every day and I especially hate the sound of a chainsaw now days ! Pheasants are almost non existent in my area , deer numbers aren't far behind , its terrible !

100% agree. Timbers that took 50 years to grow have been wiped out in 5 days. It's nuts in my area. Not complaining because the farmer needs to make money right? My family is blessed to own a couple hundred acres of timber that 5 years ago was mediocre at best. Now it's the only timber over ten acres in 4 square miles. I will be the first to say that in ten years maybe less the deer in my area will be gone with the pheasants. Kind of sad but nowadays everyone's after that mighty dollar. But in time when the markets go down"and they will" they can always look at that spot that's producing 50 bushel corn and think they made a farm saving decision.

 

[kbnelson3]

Gotta love on non-resident landowners who want to change our laws even though they come from a state that sucks compared to ours!

I mean, I've been a resident now for almost two years so we can get that out of the way. I can't comment on Iowa vs Wisconsin, as I haven't hunted Wisconsin deer for a while a now, but bird hunting I can tell you Iowa is going downhill fast with no end in sight while Wisconsin is only getting better.

As for farm land: we have a record amount in production right now and most of it is due to the $7 corn we have been seeing. Read any report from any economists, we are never going to see those prices in the next 5 and maybe 10 years. Especially after the EPA relaxed the ethanol requirements a couple weeks ago. When you add in growing resentment from livestock farmers sick of paying through the nose for feed with record harvests in both North and South America, you're going to see prices begin to bottom out. It's a fact. Paying $11k/acre for farm ground is unsustainable and somebody is going to get left holding the bag, especially those that Section 179'd their new equipment. You are a complete fool if you think grain and tillable land prices will hold; there's going to be a lot of pain in the farming community. Look at all the late model combines for sale on implement lots. This isn't a popular opinion but it holds a lot of truth. Recreational ground shouldn't be affected too much but those properties with tillable ground will see a decline in value.

And trust me, Iowa has a good thing going deer wise and they do a good job managing their deer but I see as many or more complaints about the DNR here as i did in Wisconsin. We have State Farm running the show there and y'all have the Farm Bureau here, both are equally disgusting.

 

[letemgrow]

Hello 70's and 80's again looks like....

 

[madplotter]

100% agree. Timbers that took 50 years to grow have been wiped out in 5 days. It's nuts in my area. Not complaining because the farmer needs to make money right? My family is blessed to own a couple hundred acres of timber that 5 years ago was mediocre at best. Now it's the only timber over ten acres in 4 square miles. I will be the first to say that in ten years maybe less the deer in my area will be gone with the pheasants. Kind of sad but nowadays everyone's after that mighty dollar. But in time when the markets go down"and they will" they can always look at that spot that's producing 50 bushel corn and think they made a farm saving decision.

Some folks believe we work with a new breed of farmer. Not sure how feel about that but I do know that the landowners I live around are class acts. Each one of them are successful in their own right but are all respectful of the land and each other. On the other hand, there are mega-producers in the area as well who are a whole different breed. They will often do things to antagonize people just to flex their financial muscle. I am not sure where this is heading.

One connection I have noticed is that the true cow-calf producers (not full time finishers) are largely salt of the earth people who work very hard and respect what the land produces. The 100% grain farmers are new to our area and so far have not shown the same respect.

 

[bwese]

This pic is of a quarter of land that is directly across the road from mine. It has yielded a 209, a couple 160's, 150's, and 3 140's in the past 5 years. It sold this summer and the farmer who bought it has pushed in all the trees and terra formed it to be able to farm it all, except a drainage ditch down where the center of the trees were.

This is happening all around me the past 3 years.

The guy who did hunt it is sick and in the spot he now hunts, he saw just a handfull of deer all rifle season.

The only good thing is that it is right across from my place and the deer/big buck sightings have gone up significantly!

I unfortunately don't see it stopping anytime soon as most of the farmers around here have bought earth moving equip. with the windfall they have pulled in the past 5 years or so. They will continue to move land to meet their needs since they have the equip. already bought and paid for.

If one can buy land now, I highly recommend it as the untillable/"wasteland" land is becoming quite tillable now and one will have to start from scratch once the farmers get ahold of it.

 

[Highmark]

Big difference today v. the 80's is with a strong run on harvest numbers and prices a high % of land was bought with cash or significant money down. I predict an significant adjustment not the crash that occurred in the 80's when so much was borrowed. Inflation is coming, no way around it with QE that has been going on.

I do think farm subsidies should be kept to conservation. This would put more money there and make it more viable for farmers not to plant every square inch of ground.