Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 372337 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #4125 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:18:41 PM »

The quarter section of wheat across the road looked like this around 8am.

ben ji · « **Reply #4126 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:21:00 PM »

Then around 10am 3 combines, 2 tractors/grain trucks and 2 semis pulling hoppers showed up and it was harvested in around 2 hrs.

steve dave · « **Reply #4127 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:40:12 PM »

Yeah, once it’s go time it’s go time

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michigancat · « **Reply #4128 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:43:19 PM »

two hours seems a little quick

steve dave · « **Reply #4129 on:** July 11, 2021, 07:04:55 PM »

Obviously I can’t tell for sure but doesn’t appear to be a lot of acres there

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ben ji · « **Reply #4130 on:** July 11, 2021, 08:20:54 PM »

About 1/4 of their quarter section is in CRP (dam playa lakes) so technically it was only around 120 acres that was harvested.

ben ji · « **Reply #4131 on:** July 11, 2021, 09:46:37 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 11, 2021, 06:40:12 PM

Yeah, once it’s go time it’s go time

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It's go time for sure, other neighbors were harvesting tonight.

ben ji · « **Reply #4132 on:** July 11, 2021, 09:47:29 PM »

I drove by and grabbed a gE exclusive picture

Cire · « **Reply #4133 on:** July 11, 2021, 10:34:45 PM »

Grandpa had this except it was tractor pulled. I helped straighten the bales for it.

LOTS of chiggers and ticks

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steve dave · « **Reply #4134 on:** July 12, 2021, 07:29:53 AM »

A thing about those bale wagons that a lot of people don’t know is that they haul ass. Like tractors max out at like 24 mph but those things fly.

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Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #4135 on:** July 12, 2021, 08:15:12 AM »

great stuff, itt

pissclams · « **Reply #4136 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:21:29 AM »

yeah bale wagons can move, tons of acres get done super quick

Pete · « **Reply #4137 on:** July 15, 2021, 12:47:23 PM »

Farmer and Rancher Cats,

How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.

ben ji · « **Reply #4138 on:** July 15, 2021, 03:45:43 PM »

Quote from: Pete on July 15, 2021, 12:47:23 PM

Farmer and Rancher Cats,

How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.

Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.

Stupid Fitz · « **Reply #4139 on:** July 15, 2021, 03:56:14 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on July 15, 2021, 03:45:43 PM

Quote from: Pete on July 15, 2021, 12:47:23 PM
Farmer and Rancher Cats,

How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.

yeah, the farm my inlaws have that I hate has some pasture land and they always debate renting it out. They don't get much at all for it, but its something since they already own it. It has a pond that I have to go to sometimes and I always worry about one of those stupid things stomping my dog or kid, but they mostly stay away.

Pete · « **Reply #4140 on:** July 15, 2021, 05:46:38 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on July 15, 2021, 03:45:43 PM

Quote from: Pete on July 15, 2021, 12:47:23 PM
Farmer and Rancher Cats,

How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.

OK, I did this, but are those rates for a year or a month or what?

ben ji · « **Reply #4141 on:** July 15, 2021, 07:44:01 PM »

Quote from: Pete on July 15, 2021, 05:46:38 PM

Quote from: ben ji on July 15, 2021, 03:45:43 PM
Quote from: Pete on July 15, 2021, 12:47:23 PM
Farmer and Rancher Cats,

How much can I charge to let some farmer graze cows on my land? Land size is roughly 35 acres. There are cows grazing on it all the time now. If I buy the land, I want to charge farmers to keep grazing cows on it. The grass quality looks like maybe a solid medium. Maybe a little below medium.
Like $10 an acre or something stupid low depending on how far west you are. Google pasture rental rates for whatever county your land is and it will give you a Kstate report that tells you what the avg rate is in your county.

OK, I did this, but are those rates for a year or a month or what?

A year

steve dave · « **Reply #4142 on:** July 15, 2021, 08:38:57 PM »

if it was easy getting rich farming your city ass wouldn’t be the one that discovered the angle Pete. No offense obviously as you are my informal mentor in career and business matters.

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ben ji · « **Reply #4143 on:** July 15, 2021, 09:43:55 PM »

Pete, just buy it, break it out into cropland, farm it for 5 years then enroll it in CRP and start getting $35+ per acre from the government.

steve dave · « **Reply #4144 on:** July 15, 2021, 09:54:22 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on July 15, 2021, 09:43:55 PM

Pete, just buy it, break it out into cropland, farm it for 5 years then enroll it in CRP and start getting $35+ per acre from the government.

I’ve run the number movers and this is bullet proof

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Pete · « **Reply #4145 on:** July 16, 2021, 07:03:01 AM »

Thanks guys. I really do want to buy the land. It's in northern MN tho. Really, I want is a cabin on a little wooded portion of the land, and then I was like "the eff do I do with the other part with cows on it?"

Pete · « **Reply #4146 on:** July 16, 2021, 07:05:57 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 15, 2021, 09:54:22 PM

Quote from: ben ji on July 15, 2021, 09:43:55 PM
Pete, just buy it, break it out into cropland, farm it for 5 years then enroll it in CRP and start getting $35+ per acre from the government.
I’ve run the number movers and this is bullet proof

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How do they make sure that you REALLY farmed it for 5 years, or that you farmed enough, or well enough, during that time? Is there an inspection process?

Cire · « **Reply #4147 on:** July 16, 2021, 11:35:17 AM »

Probably have to pay the taxes for 5 years

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #4148 on:** July 16, 2021, 12:31:08 PM »

You have to surrender your first born son as collateral and then set up a web cam so they can do spot checks and then if they find you cheating your son will permanently belong to the state. Good luck.

Katpappy · « **Reply #4149 on:** July 16, 2021, 02:09:48 PM »

Quote from: star seed 7 on July 16, 2021, 12:31:08 PM

You have to surrender your first born son as collateral and then set up a web cam so they can do spot checks and then if they find you cheating your son will permanently belong to the state. Good luck.

SS7, get out of Russia and come back to Mercia, where you're friends are good buddy.