Posted by LorenMN on July 11, 2014 at 08:38:19 from (209.23.139.98):
Because of the cold, wet Spring and nearly foot of rain we got in June, there's a lot of rented fields in our area that never got planted. Renter that runs part of our farm has 110 acres on our place that they never touched, and many other fields that are the same. Most of the other big operators in the area are in the same boat, probably 1/3 of the crop land in the area wasn't planted this year.
Our renter sprayed the weeds last Monday, since it was looking pretty bad. Now it's all brown and dead weeds, makes me sick to look at it. They told me a few weeks ago that they might plant a cover crop, radishes maybe? What I don't understand is, we had a dry week last week. Most of the rented field looked like it dried down and could be worked if they wanted to. So why weren't they out there to dig it up and plant a crop yet? They ran beans last year, and fertilized as soon as the crop was off last Fall. Seems like they should have been able to still plant beans again on July1, or some other crop like oats maybe? Just looks like a waste to see the field in the condition it's in.
So I'm curious, what kind of payments are they going to get for not planting? Is there insurance to cover that? My assumption would be that there wouldn't be crop insurance if there's no crop planted, but I don't know. Or is there a govt. program or expected disaster aid that they are waiting for?
I get a little annoyed that the renter tells me not to plant tree lines, telling me that our great-grandfathers worked hard to clear the trees and we should leave it open. But I doubt that our great-grandfathers would sit on their butt and watch the weeds grow, when they could be in the field to still plant a crop.
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