Farm Practices & Pheasants

[moellermd]

Wonderful dialog and thread here. I love it! (and it is something I cannot open my mouth about alot because I don't have the experience).:cheers:

To me the biggest surprise is the change in UGUIDES farming pratices. It seems like before crop sharing you were all about habitat creation and now that your money is on the line there seems to be a little more balance between profit and habitat. Welcome to the dark side of reality for the average farmer my friend.

 

[UGUIDE]

To me the biggest surprise is the change in UGUIDES farming pratices. It seems like before crop sharing you were all about habitat creation and now that your money is on the line there seems to be a little more balance between profit and habitat. Welcome to the dark side of reality for the average farmer my friend.

I believe change does not come about effectively until that realization happens. Actually though I am getting away from cash rent to have more control over crop acres in order to manage the cropping system to also benefit wildlife while building soils and hopefully yields. Basically I am taking on more risk on the cropping side so i can better manage the farm as a whole.

I should also mention i saw the "True Environmentalist" commercial that SD corn growers is running (last night). It is an absolute crock of hog wash and further evidence that BIG AG is out there. Is it really my responsibility to "Feed the World"? At the expense of our shared environment?

It was not long after that commercial that Mc Donalds ran their new ad for there double decker whatever fat burger and all they had eating them and smiling like life was so good was super skinny super models pretending to be consuming the product with no side affects.

 

[Shadow]

Not possible with fat cattle or dairy. We feed them a TMR, totally mixed rations. Additionally the majority of time the stover is removed for bedding not feed. Also most times during the winter are fields would be covered with 6in to a foot plus of snow. Stalks burried under snow are of no use.

I think your comment and O&N, however well intentioned, help show how conflict/missunderestand is created between landowners and sportsman. People see a farming pratice that looks unfriendly to wildlife and do not fully understand why the pratice is being done and instantly have a negative feeling towards the farmer for doing that pratice. Weather it is chopping corn stocks, removing fences, ect. Farmers do those things for an economical reason most of the time not just because they are bored and want to waste fuel.

didn't mean I didn't understand- or relate to farmers and sportsmen
farmers sort of share lots of land around here
folks with the big equipment do most of the land work, dics, spray, harvest-
folks with the cattle move them in after the crop is combined- set up a stock tank and run electric fence- will move to another field when the cattle have eaten just about to the ground- seen it for 3 years- seen the calves be born-
looking out this window I can see a herd of 70 or so- been moved around a bit

these cattle sure seem big and well fed- think it's what's called "select" beed

 

[Live2Hunt]

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It was not long after that commercial that Mc Donalds ran their new ad for there double decker whatever fat burger and all they had eating them and smiling like life was so good was super skinny super models pretending to be consuming the product with no side affects.

hmmm wish I could eat one of those burgers with no side effects...that and a few beers :cheers:
Strangely they both seem to add some SIDE effects to me.

 

[BritChaser]

Scouring and bailing the stalks to bare ground may be more drought-related than a matter of new farm practices -- very high demand for something to feed cattle right now.