You ever try fall planted rye ? I think that would have seed on it into the winter, and then it would reseed itself.
Corn would certainly have a better chance of standing up to snow.
None of my CRP can have food plots, all wet land (duck) program.
Seems to be dead for now :
“Accordingly, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has in recent days been stripping certain extraneous provisions from the plan.
Among the dirt washed away in this so-called “Byrd bath” was a provision authored by Lee that would have put for sale up to 3.3...
Seems the latest idea is to restrict the sales to within 5 miles of any municipality. However, the roadless rule is being lifted, which I guess is another can of worms, I’m not familiar enough with it.
Remember, these are the places that qualify to be sold, not will be sold. Only about 1% of the land that qualifies would be sold.
But still, every acre counts, and once things get going will they go back to the trough ?
For your information, what the eventual outcome will be is anyone’s guess.
Any ground on this map you are familiar with ?
https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/congress-making-more-250-million-acres-public-lands-available-sale
The map is showing 250 million acres, the sale is estimated to...
Yeah, let them go, that’s what I do. Usually I fire a warning shot to condition them and make them more likely to survive the next guy. Yeah, that’s what I do.
I wonder if you spread the corn on the planted area if they would pick that instead of digging ? Do you plant purchased seed corn or just plant field corn ? I think if I was to do a plot I would just plant bin corn. Unless of course you need GMO for weed control, then you can’t, legally anyway...
This is a huge budget, and I don’t feel informed enough to make comments yet. Some of these cuts may be moved to other agencies as I understand.
The budget: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2026-usda-budget-summary.pdf
NRCS section is pictured here.