Good info on burning green. All of it scares the shiit out of me. My one experiend burning CRP was no bueno. My neighbor said he knew how to burn so we went for it. He knew how to burn alright. Burnt up the neighbors pasture and took down a power line. Luckily, the road the powerline was...
I think the guy who owned our farm was sponsored by Stihl. He was a maniac on hedge for fence posts resulting in a lot of treetops and brush piles. I think it would be prudent for us to burn some of the piles in the winter prior to running controlled burn but who has the time.
I'm working with our private land biologist in North Mo right now on timber burns. MFR is the real deal on cattle pasture farms and I'm concerned it will get so thick we can't even get into some areas. Cedars are too thick in some areas as well.
It sounds like it's hard to get contractors...
I tossed a seed mix into my farm yard in North MO 2 years ago and they were part of the mix. They have come back each spring and also come back after mowing. Seems ideal if a guy can manage weeds/grass via mowing and have a perenial stand. I don't see any browsing on them but they are only 10...
Maybe this helps explains how Don Higgins's farm holds so many bucks of older age class on it. He had 4 good four years olds on it in 2024. They shot a management one....168", lol! There were also older ones. How does an island of cover hold that many older age bucks. I can't believe that...
From big to bigger if it was anything like when we owned in Polk County. We sold in 2008 and were paying over $1000/yr for 80 acres with about 50 of it swamp. Conversely, we are paying $160/yr for 100 acres in MO that generates almost $6,000/yr in income.
Yes, we had a contractor look at it before the insurance guy. He's from a decent size company but it's possible he dinged it up. My wife and I talked about being a possibity. We were home when he looked, but I wasn't on the roof with him. It's a 2006 roof so it's showing some wear anyway...
What is your experience with Accuity? Our hail damaged roof got rejected. The claims guy was inspecting our roof while the neighbor's roof was being replaced 15 ft away from him. We requested a 3rd party engineer inspection, who said our roof had "man made damage". I knew I shouldn't have...