Go look at your counties master plan to see the direction your local officials plan for your areas…
On the other hand as a kid 200 bushel corn was the holy grail in central Indiana. Recently some trials hit 500 bushels per acre. I have similar concerns but not all hope is lost…My GF's 26yo daughter works for the USDA NRCS - National Resources Conservation Services. She is scared sh**less that if we continue to develop prime farm land at the current pace, we will not have enough land to feed the population in less than 50 years.
If the planned new vinyl home farm just west of Danville IN goes through, SR36 is going to be a traffic nightmare as there's really nowhere to widen 36 through town to accommodate the increased traffic.
That’s a serious concern. Same crap is happening in NE Indiana as well with hundreds of acres being bought up to go to waste with a solar panel farm, and 20k acres being taken up with wind turbines. We are taking some of the best land on earth for growing food and burying it in plastic, glass, and concrete. Our great grandchildren will rightfully curse us. What good is a dollar when you can’t buy any good, real food. No wonder they are pushing eating bugs so hard these days.My GF's 26yo daughter works for the USDA NRCS - National Resources Conservation Services. She is scared sh**less that if we continue to develop prime farm land at the current pace, we will not have enough land to feed the population in less than 50 years.
If the planned new vinyl home farm just west of Danville IN goes through, SR36 is going to be a traffic nightmare as there's really nowhere to widen 36 through town to accommodate the increased traffic.
Where is that? Source? or site? That’s some good ground.On the other hand as a kid 200 bushel corn was the holy grail in central Indiana. Recently some trials hit 500 bushels per acre. I have similar concerns but not all hope is lost…
I was told that by a scientist at what used to be Dow/Elanco in Indy.Where is that? Source? or site? That’s some good ground.
I’m surrounded by Purdue U. test plots. My own alfalfa fields have been in PU trials for years.I was told that by a scientist at what used to be Dow/Elanco in Indy.
I believe he said North Carolina. But that is all I recall, as frankly I left the conversation as it got very technical, I was in a public place, and I was there to relax. LOLI’m surrounded by Purdue U. test plots. My own alfalfa fields have been in PU trials for years.
My neighbor (his fields anyway) to the west is one of the biggest seed corn producers in the eastern US. He grows/researches for Monsanto/ Pioneer.
My FIL grows for himself and Orville Redenbacher, BIL is ag scientist for Bayer, Purdue grad. His son, my nephew also Purdue grad in ag. Is taking over the family farm. Other BIL is Phd. Prof. of ag. science at UNC. Purdue grad.
I live 2.8 miles from the local grain elevator. I’m surrounded by row crop farmers that I’ve known for two decades, but what could I possibly know, but I’ve been mistaken before.
No rudeness intended just what I know to be facts. 500 bu/acre corn does not exist.
Madison county is blue. LOL500 homes time 4 people per home is 2k.
Move in enough fishers type liberals and the voter base has turned blue.
That above is my opinion. 13 x current population in my mile area
City annexation is also a big culprit…I hope the best for you folks, but the plain facts are residential taxes are a bigger cash cow than ag ground taxes. And that’s the way the tax entity whatever it is, is going to look at it.
There is a reason the state government is attempting to move township trustees authority to the state level, they are the first, best line of defense against government intrusion into local (neighborhood) decisions about townships land use. Again good luck. Sincerely.
Here’s a guy getting 600+ per acre in Virginia. Not magic ground either.Where is that? Source? or site? That’s some good ground.
Great, a contest, on small acreage, with 9 passes of equipment each with an exact placement of material. And unlimited manpower. A total of 2400.00 dollars input per acre. Not counting cash rent for that acre. All planted under optimum weather condition. Net not quite 1000.00 dollars, now deduct the rent, let’s say 250-300 acre. Net is now ~600.00.Here’s a guy getting 600+ per acre in Virginia. Not magic ground either.
How David Hula Grows 600-Bushel-Plus Corn
Virginia farmer David Hula soared past the 600-bushel-per-acre corn barrier in 2019. Here’s how he did it.www.agriculture.com
Where would you suggest we start to get to 500bu/ac corn? It does exist and is under way with many working to make it available to the average farmer…Great, a contest, on small acreage, with 9 passes of equipment each with an exact placement of material. And unlimited manpower. A total of 2400.00 dollars input per acre. Not counting cash rent for that acre. All planted under optimum weather condition. Net not quite 1000.00 dollars, now deduct the rent, let’s say 250-300 acre. Net is now ~600.00.
Do you have any idea how much that would cost to plant 2 or 3 thousand acres like that, (a common farm in Indiana) and the time/weather constraints. There’s the miracle if you could get one. The fert. alone would be in the multi millions, seed 1197 I think it said, that’s a triple stack about 300 per bag, and that was a few years ago. That’s a very large chunck of money. Now do all that, put many millions of dollars on the line, pray for the perfect weather conditions, now 3 weeks before harvest you get a fall storm, hail, wind, tornado. You not only lost your farm but EVERYTHING you or yours will ever own.
I didn’t say no one has ever grown 500 bu/ac, I said 500 bu/ac corn doesn’t exist. If it could be done or if it was even common there would be a lot of farmers doing it. There’s not. You know why? Cause 500 bu/ac doesn’t exist !
We all get those magazines with super yields of X brand of seed. We see there trials and test plot results. But that is under ideal conditions with extraordinary measures in place. The average farmer is lucky if he can get his crops planted in time for a fair harvest.