Recent content by Badgers80

Thanks you both. With my heavier soil, is there anything I can do to allow water to aerate through better?

The clover is lighter ground, no drainage issues there. Milo has some issues there. That side of the property tends to stay muckier when wet. Yes with the even distribution. Was methodical about it. 350-400 lbs per .55 acres. Good catch. Fertilizer wise, I think I just sprayed the liquid...

Got my soil sample test results today - very surprised at the results and looking for any input. Not sure if my results were skewed for some reason or it just is what it is. Tested with Ward both times within 2 weeks of the dates of tests between the years. One test was for a clover/rye plot...

6 raccoons and 1 skunk for me since Mid March. Hoping for some coyote action too.

Sooner than expected, that’s good to hear. Do you plan on quail/pheasant hunting it at all? Not sure if you have pheasants in MO. It’ll be great cover for lots of species.

And oats for cover crop. That’s the standard for CRP mixes here.

You could plant a Plateau herbicide tolerant native grass/forb mix. I’ve toyed with that idea since it might ensure a more successful establishment at least initially. Not sure how you’d plant, but I’d assume you’d do gly & 2,4D burn down first. And then do plateau at planting or just after.

Love to see it. I’m no quail expert, so I asked ChatGPT, and it seems to think it’s 2 different coveys given the distance and open ground barrier. Take that for what it’s worth. It says good habitat has 1 covey per 40 acres.

Ah I feel for you! I am thinking you could have saved yourself time if you hired it out from the get go. Assuming cost share fully covers your expenses, that could’ve been the way to go initially? I applaud your commitment though! I know these native grass mixes can be finicky to get in.

Could you put the field elsewhere where you’re not cutting out some quail cover? I get the plot for the hunting aspect, but habitat wise, it might not be the best answer to reduce nesting cover for the quail on a small area like that.

Exciting stuff! I told the farmer who was renting my tillable acres that I was going to put it to CRP after he farmed it for one year. We had a one year contract. I told him several times of my plans. He farmed it for years and years before I bought it. Lo and behold, I find him putting...

Best I understand it as they have to use options, swaps, etc. to get the ETF to emulate NVDA the way that they want it since they don’t actually just hold NVDA stock. In using those tools, they generate some cash from premiums which they can give out.

I don’t think NVII is a covered call strategy…more so a leveraged ETF. If you compare NVII and NVDA from end of May 2025 to August 2025, the trend is the same, strong up. But, because NVII is leveraged 105-150% of NVDA, when NVDA chops sideways, the ETF goes down. Say, NVDA goes up 10% one day...

I went through the same farm bill worries with my CRP. I feel for you! It’s a shame you have to wait a year to enroll since you could get in now if not. It seems CRP expires 9/30/26 but last time it was extended months after the expiration. Hope they can get it done in the budget in 2026 for you.

Frost seeded some RC Bigrock Switchgrass today and this past weekend. I’m thinking I’ll try spring planting some this year also and see how the two compare. Excited to get more cover going for deer and pheasants. Hoping this helps with deer bedding on my property some. Might do some chainsaw...