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    Land acquisition, the opposing view

    FB has always been a staunch supporter of personal property rights when it comes to landowners in general and farmers in particular. As such, they deplore gov't intervention of pretty much everything. Land being owned by the DNR or county conservation is thus the ultimate gov't intervention. I...
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    Land acquisition, the opposing view

    I'm a lifelong farmer, member of FB, 20 yr. treasurer of our PF chapter, 5yrs. on our county conservation board and current chairman of same. I'm also an avid hunter and conservationist. This letter is what I hate about FB. It's scare tactics plain and simple. 14000 acres in 4 years out of 35.7...
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    Wooltimate, Berber, or Similar

    Another vote for Sitka. Got the bibs and just layer instead of the coat. Wish I had got it sooner. You really can't walk more than 100 yards with them on without overheating, they're that good.
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    Free Food Plot Seed Corn

    Just an FYI from a lot of experience handling plot seed for our PF chapter. Seed corn holds its germination fairly well for a couple years. Beans that have been seed coated, they can be red, blue, pink, or green, don't hold their germination well even for one year. Uncoated are much better, but...
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    Leasing out Tillable

    Sounds like you're a new owner so definitely get things in writing. Handshake deals are rare anymore. As a farmer I want to address one issue that is new to me. Requiring soil tests and then receipts for fertilizer may require some negotiation. Fertilizer prices have doubled, tripled, and then...
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    October cold front

    Two days ago this rain event was hit or miss, maybe a tenth to a quarter inch and not everyone gets wet. Now it's a half to 2 inches and all of eastern Iowa gets it. WTF!! And it's going to WARM UP after the rain. Things always average out, always. Keep your longjohns handy for the snowy rut...
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    Cereal Grains and cover crops

    I re-drilled my rye plots Sunday. Just hope the armyworms are gone.
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    Armyworms!!!!

    The fall armyworm infestation is eating my cereal rye food plots! We need a frost to kill them. Neighbors hay is all getting eaten up. Always something. I guess its a freak wind that blew them up from down south this year. we usually don't see them up here.
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    Entrances to treestands & blinds….

    The best solution is also the hardest one to do. Don't hunt till Oct. 25th, or at least until the first MAJOR cold front sweeps in. For the first 3 weeks of October, deer are still fully aware of any intrusions and every old doe and buck are not distracted by each other. That changes with the...
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    Brassica Fertilizer

    For what it's worth, here's my mix from Welter's. Equal pounds of Appin Forage Turnips, Barkant Forage Turnips, Purple Top Turnips, Pasja Hybrid Forage Brassica, and T-Raptor Forage Brassica. Can't believe I just gave that recipe away!!
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    Brassica Fertilizer

    There you go. check Welter's. Every one of those seeds are available there. Sugar beets are a full season crop that give you nothing planted in the fall. Turnips are a much better option. Seed coatings are just lime and drastically cut the number of seeds per pound. Sorry guys but those fancy...
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    Brassica Fertilizer

    Have you guys ever checked what you are getting in those high priced seed mixes? I see Big and Beasty has purple top turnips, I don't know the % but those turnips are $2.45 a lb. from Welter seed. The price I saw online for B&B was over $10.00 a lb. Kale and radishes and other brassicas are...
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    Best CRP grass mix to choose by end of week

    Usually the grasses take over the forbs. That's why regular burning is needed for forbs to thrive. The grasses smother the forbs. The weeds which cause problems are usually canada thistle or ragweed. The rag can be controlled by mowing the first years but thistle can be tough. Try to eliminate...
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    Dying pine tree

    Blue spruce, right? I've seen it many times on them. They're susceptible to rust I think. When I worked for a tree service, planting windbreaks and crp hardwoods he said they're not native and shouldn't be planted here. Norway spruce and Blackhills spruce are much hardier. Come to think of it...
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    Brassicas

    Maybe you're further north than me. I'm in Northern Clayton county and I know there have been very heavy rains up in Allamakee. We've caught some decent rains lately and the crops look good but I dug in a ladder for a stand last week and it had rained over an inch in the previous 3 days. Muddy...
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    Food plot question

    And before you go buy some seed in a fancy bag like my nephew did, and you know who I'm talking about, go to Welter seed and make up a blend. Usually shipped to your door in 2 days. Much cheaper and a better mix. PM me if you want.
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    Food plot question

    Definitely wait a couple weeks and do a turnip brassica mix. You'll get much more food per acre. Late planted beans turn kinda black after a frost and I doubt deer will like them.
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    Regenerative agriculture & conservation videos...

    I've been playing with CC for several years. Without going through all my experiences, here's my conclusions, and I'll add that the NRCS staff I work with agree with me. Drilling cereal(winter) rye into soybean stubble is the most reliable. Planting corn into rye the next year can be...
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    New CRP program

    I got a card in the mail last week about a new 30YEAR CRP program. I haven't checked it out yet but I think it applies to riparian buffers and similar targeted acres. Looks like the rates will be subject to inflation related changes which would almost have to happen over a 30 yr. period. Anyone...
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    Food plot help

    Remember, every tillage pass brings more weed seed into the germination zone. Especially if it rains shortly after you till. Waterhemp is a notorious late germinator, one reason it's so hard to control. If you do spray and get a good kill so the ground is fairly bare you might consider just...
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