Recent content by McFarmer

Wow Danman, that is a very generous offer you shouldn’t pass up. Lots of public in Clay, Dickinson and the surrounding area also.

You of course realize that China is placing the tariffs on the soybeans due to our government placing tariffs on their products, right ? I mean I assumed you did, I assumed everyone did. Maybe I assumed too much. Export tariffs are not a thing in this discussion. You think the Chinese placed...

Ha, yes I had forgotten about that part of the quote. I pay to get your product to me and I pay to get my product to you. (Basis)

“A tariff here means nothing.” This is patently wrong. Unless of course you feel a hit to person’s livelihood means nothing. It is a demonstrable fact that soybeans in North Dakota are worth less at the farm due to China not buying. Maybe you are not familiar with the concept of “basis” in the...

Well actually it isn’t that simple? For the folks in the northern growing areas such as the Dakotas their markets are based on shipping through the west coast ports. Who buys soybeans from west coast ports ? Yes, China is the market for those soybeans. Without China these northern growers need...

I vote to close this down.

Walking on the edge there. This forum is my favorite due to folks keeping politics out.

No, it takes all kinds. I personally wouldn’t care to live in a world where everyone thought like me, I wouldn’t have any friends.

Shooting hens story: out in the cattails, late season cold and deep snow. Rooster gets up to the side and flies left to right, medium range shot. I fixate on him, lead and pull the trigger. He drops and a split second later a hen flying further away and behind him drops like a rock. Would that...

Wait, what ? You have a choice of chokes ? I’d have to bring a box of barrels for the old Savage in order to change chokes. Full chokes for me, I either drop ‘em or miss them completely. I really hate seeing a bird get hit and continue flying. I do have one shotgun with a modified choke if I...

That’s a possibility I hadn’t considered. Maybe spraying before seeding instead of tillage. The person explaining to me implied it was after seeding, they said “to control weeds”, but then they recommended mowing which would lead me to believe the usually twice mowing during the summer. I will...

Signed the papers for next spring’s CRP seeding. One change, and some folks here can maybe explain the reason for it, is that during the establishment year mowing is not a cost share eligible practice, but chemical spraying is. Even when nearly all seeding mixes have forbs in them. When I...

Yes, but the issue is how will it compare 10-15 years from now. Time can make a person a hero or a heal.

Just got two fairly large fields into the CRP for next year. I guess the reports of its death are premature.

Good deal. The best hunting dog I personally have had was a rescue lab. I think she knew how lucky she was to get out of dog jail and land where she did. She was uncannily easy to train. Smarter than me most of the time.