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I read this in my regular Agweek newspaper. I had never heard of NGFA before. WASHINGTON — The National Grain and Feed Association is urging the Senate Agriculture Committee to make dramatic changes to reduce the size of the Conservation Reserve Program, which is currently authorized to pay...

See my Report and Analysis here http://www.uguidesdpheasants.com/news/2012-south-dakota-pheasant-hunting-season-outlook-forecast-report-may/

http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/small-game/pheasants.aspx Little different data on the SD Game Fish and Parks Pheasant Survey. Thing that sticks out more to me is : NR Pheasant Hunters NR Pheasant Harvest And NR dollars spent By county. Interesting.....

I just talked to a veteran native landowner from the Hosmer area and he thinks that is there is no major weather event this spring (like a hail storm or major downpour at peak hatch) that we will have a bumper crop of pheasants this summer. I tend to agree but then I cannot ever figure nature...

Soil District is our planting 21 acres of new CP-5a trees today. All the trees in blue are on the map http://www.uguidesdpheasants.com/uploads/image/West_Farm_-_Future_CRP_Adds.pdf With any luck from the Lord above they will get them in today and tomorrow and get a nice rain on them. Quite a...

Whose going hunting? I was not aware season is now 7 days vs. 5. Always nice to have a little more time. We are in zone 1 and hunt in Trempealeau county. I am going to try hard to get my first turkey with a bow this year. If I do I think it will have to go on wall in the cabin.

What's the Pheasant Hood you say? That would be the farm. Where roosters busta move. It was fun to get back to the farm and farm chores after a 3.5 month absence: * The week started with mowing off 21 acres of newly planted trees (weeds in between rows) in 2011. That equated to 17 miles of...

Supposed to be 70 next week. Last time it hit 70 was.....JANUARY:eek::D Time to do my tree maint, see about the new 21 acres of trees going in and go into FSA and make an offer for 200 additional acres of CRP! Tractors and Kubota are all done at the shop. Had them fabricate a manual throttle...

Registration is now open for the 12th Annual Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) National Convention, to be held Aug. 9-11 in Nashville, Tenn. My wife and I are planning on going to this again this summer. The package pricing and what is included is much much better than last year. I...

PF had a press release that said all the CCRP programs in CRP were going to get an increase back to the old levels to try and incent landowners to enroll high priority practices on their land. Over 10 years the whole bonus amounts to about $15/acre on top of the rental rate and the 20% rental...

What happens when you get 7 grown men in their 40's and 50's in a cabin deep in the woods in Wisconsin every February for Boyz Weekend? Add in some sparklers an electrical tape and...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rwOPEt3j7E&feature=plcp&context=C365884eUDOEgsToPDskLOkT7EKd18hgxLPBArqdAj

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As related to a post in the South Dakota forum about wind energy growth http://www.ultimatepheasanthunting.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10620 I have often wondered how pheasant hunters would view of value hunting experiences on a wind farm? With the need for alternative energies and SD being a...

To heck with the cropping. I think I might just put the whole farm in CRP on the general signup. What do you think?

Looks like with all the CRP expiring this fall and that ground being returned to production, we will fall below the cap in the current farm bill. This means an opportunity for those that want to re-offer and new-offer ground to go into 10-15 year contracts during the 4-week window beginning...

As many of you know the federal government is in budget crisis, CRP acres are expiring at a rapid rate due to low payments and high commodity prices. These forces will likely cause a much needed change in the way CRP is deployed and how many acres are needed to adequately conserve precious...

Wife and I just saw it last night at the movie theater premier. George Lucas made the movie and funded it with his own money. Based on true events about the Tuskegee Airmen division of WWII. 125 minutes. Get the big bag of popcorn.

It has recently occurred to me that having a habitat or pheasant forum without a cash crop forum is out of balance. As oyu know many of our posts end up in what appears or feels like farmer bashing when in reality it is just about issues that farming has to do with pheasants, conservation and...

Hmmm....70 degres in Lake Andes on Jan. 5th. 1 degree short of the record. Set a record here in Mpls of 52 degrees a few days ago for a high. I would say the pheasants and all wildlife are getting a big break this winter across the upper midwest. On top of that it is very dry which has...