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Our first piece enrolled was a pilot project, we have a very active NRCS here. The five year enrollment is confusing, in addition it can not be reenrolled. Kinda odd. Our first patch I didn’t see any seeding requirements so I put down some native grass thinking at the end of the 5 years it might...

No, we looked into the grassland program, it is more for the western states. In our area alfalfa is treated same as corn and beans for cropping history. If I had no tilled orchard grass into the pastures and treated it the same, the fields wouldn’t have qualified. Interesting note. One 25 acre...

I’m not sure it is uniform across the country but alfalfa is considered an insurable crop here and counts towards cropping history for CRP eligibility. We always rotationally grazed our pastures, every five years we no tilled alfalfa into the old pasture and cut it for hay a couple years, then...

Just got confirmation my EQIP application got accepted. EQUIP set aside is primarily a water quality program, the acres are small and need wetlands. This one is five acres and has a vertical intake on it. Those are the orange tile things sticking up in fields for those who don’t know. Every one...

It’s a shotgun that would have more than a few folks interested, but you will really need to get some quality photos of every little bit of it. When I buy on gunbroker there needs to be a dozen or more close up photos before I really consider a purchase. There are lots of these available, I...

But is the blueing wore off ?

That’s a reasonable price for two barrels and that condition. I can’t see from the photos what the condition of the metal is.

Well they don’t give you the money until you give them the receipts and after everything is done. Hopefully a person can still trust the government to do what they promise. Pretty sad day if you can’t.

Maybe take a razor blade and scrape the runs off, it would look better.

Wow

We had issues similar to that on our road. One side is a refuge, the other private property. Folks were shooting from the ditch, bids were dropping on the road causing all sorts of issues. The DNR posted “no hunting from right of way signs.”

In my time here I’ve seldom had an issue with pheasant hunters. Once or twice I’ve had people tell me they didn’t know they were no longer on public land, I would have thought the fence they crawled over would have been a hint. I never post anything. Deer hunters are by far the worst, they...

Nice, I tried not to make it political, I hope you are right, doubt if you are.

Nice, I think that would be a fun day. I have lots of swampy and wooded acres I could hunt on.

I have family employed by an agency that manages federal lands. Water cooler talk is that the feds are going to be considering raising money for the talked about sovereign fund by selling land, making more leases for timber and minerals. Public land is a cornerstone of the outdoor recreation...

Checked with the FSA office late last week and the CRP contract that was scheduled to start this spring is still on, they told me to buy the seed. Fingers crossed.

Nice, so are they trained for that or they just like to do it ?

I always walk the hay fields after the snow melts. A four pointer really ruins a $2,000 tractor tire. The crop fields don’t seem to be a problem, I do keep a close eye out the first time over, especially around the edges.

No, not sled dogs, but rather dogs trained to find antler sheds. Anyone ever around one ? See one work ? I’ve read about them and I think this time of year that would a great way to get some exercise and watch a dog work. Can they smell them for a distance like a bird dog ? Or do they have to...

This is always an interesting conversation. My training and experience is with breeding farm animals but, the principles are the same. Hundreds of traits, important and less so, are influenced by genetics and the environment the animal (or plant) is in. The combination of the two determines what...