Future of CRP ?

[Tomahawker]

That also makes sense. However, these farmers didn’t hunt. I know this. Folks feel the pf guys are privately leasing the ground for themselves and I tend to agree. At this point if I see a pf sign i assume it’s in the good ole boys club.

 

[matto]

That also makes sense. However, these farmers didn’t hunt. I know this. Folks feel the pf guys are privately leasing the ground for themselves and I tend to agree. At this point if I see a pf sign i assume it’s in the good ole boys club.

I bought some of those signs for a tenant once. He and I started a conversation about some things we might do differently with wheat stubble. I never thought we finished the conversation, but he implemented anyway. In short, he didn't spray the stubble. Of course it exploded with weeds and he became very worried about what the neighbors might think. Anyway, I bought the signs, had them shipped to him, and he put them up. I guess that way he could show his face in the coffee shop and blame the super-weedy wheat stubble on his crazy landowner (me). That worked for a while, but ultimately he couldn't take it anymore and mowed it all about 6"-8" tall in late september. We had pretty good hunting that year on the permanent cover. And you're right, no one was hunting that without me. On the other hand, PF had nothing to do with it.

 

[remy3424]

It can always be the landowner is a member/sponsor/supporter of PF. I would guess it is maybe a 50/50 split on banquet attendees, who are actually hunters and those that aren't. A lot of landowners and folks who used to hunt support them. It takes more than just a few of the actual hunters to make these things work. I guess PF is like the teachers union here...not many are in the union, but all the teachers get the benefits the union negotiates for their members.

 

[Tomahawker]

Agree. At this point I’m way in favor of PF. But history teaches us these things tend to spin as power and funding increase. The NRA comes to mind

 

[Goosemaster]

Unfortunately, Montana doesn't have hardly any CRP.

 

[KsHusker]

That also makes sense. However, these farmers didn’t hunt. I know this. Folks feel the pf guys are privately leasing the ground for themselves and I tend to agree. At this point if I see a pf sign i assume it’s in the good ole boys club.

About what I've seen here in KS and what I witnessed when I was on the board of a local group and volunteered etc.

 

[Swampstink]

Nearly all drainage ditches in MN minus those built for specific flood control and storm water run-off projects are owned by the benefiting land owners and managed by a ditch authority or the county, with associated costs assessed to the land owners based on a determination of benefits. If your land does not benefit from a drainage ditch, you do not pay in for the maintenance costs.

stand corrected.