oldtech Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 Just looked at google today and saw this. Notice how crappy the corn looks? The CREP land looks just to nice and blue green. This is fall as you can see the beans are turning brown already. Lots of drowned out spots and it was even a dry year. I get why he doesnt like the field and is losing money on it. But that land is just not right for conventional row crops or at least you have to watch your investment in it. Quote
oldtech Posted September 28 Author Posted September 28 UPDATE: Tenant emailed me yesterday in a rush to get a new lease signed NOW so he can apply purchased manure. This after I only gave him a one year renewal last year after delaying until April and then demanding a cut in rent. I told him NO and I told him why. If hehad given me fair notice about that in fall 2024 I could have shopped it around and/or gotten it into the CRP. But as I already related the field he demanded concessions on had GIS mapping errors and FSA refused it and the county refused to admit their errors but there wasnt enough time to get a surveyor in to refute that. So, no alternate renter and no options for 27 as well I took his offer under protest. NOW, I have plenty of time to find a different renter and can probably get full prise or more. CRP is dead in the water at least for 27 now with no new farm bill but again if he had given me decent notice I could have gotten it in for this fall even with a survey. Just tired of getting jerked around. Toying with the idea of quickly planting it to winter wheat but we have not officially been farming it and my wife is balking at all the paper work we have to do for that. This amazes me more than just a little. Any comments on that? Quote
oldtech Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 25 minutes ago, MoeSzyslak said: paperwork for planting wheat? I think it has something to do with taxes. Im completely out of the loop on this. Quote
oldtech Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 Maybe all is well. Found a dairy farmer willing to take it and even plant alfalfa on it! Imagine that! Quote
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted September 29 Posted September 29 If it is poorly drained ground, I don’t see alfalfa being a success on it. Quote
oldtech Posted October 1 Author Posted October 1 On 9/28/2026 at 7:57 PM, Dirt_Floor_Poor said: If it is poorly drained ground, I don’t see alfalfa being a success on it. thats only one field and then not al of it. Most of the flood zone is now in the CRP and previous tenants were paying the higher rate for the all of it including the worst areas which are not out of it. My beef has been that he waited until it was too late to find a new tenant to make the demand and then there was the secondary SNAFU with the county over the bad property lines that could not be corrected before the signup period ended - again because of the late notice. Now he comes running wanting me to sign a new lease the night before he wants to spread manure on it. Sorry! I was already shopping it around by then. Now Im just waiting for him to get his wrecked wagon out of the marsh grass field. Not that it matters. The new prospective tenant does not even want it. Quote
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