Lowest effort crops

[ajl]

Whenever you actually can replace outlying land with land closer the land market is falling not rising as you are aware. Time to cut the price and get on with it before others figure this out. You probably had the idea that you could make money on this transaction. Going to check out some free rent land today. It will not be pretty but will see if the price is too much. Unfortunately the existence of this parcel makes means the value of mine is likely softening.

[Braveheart]

I think you should farm it. 2016 could be a big year. I don't know the cropping history but hemp might work as it requires little once established. Also, I've seen flax handled that way and it has worked out well.

What about owning it and seeding it to forage? Hay could become more valuable than it is now.

[ajl]

There is a lot of 2014 and 2015 hemp crop in bins so that is why Manitoba harvest is not contracting this year so that would not be a viable option. Round bales of cow hay can still be had in AB for $80 so the shortage of hay was greatly exaggerated. There are always the hoarders for $250 a bale but that is not the market. Bottom line is that we need a drought (somewhere else of course) this year in order to tighten the supply of commodities. Better get the land sold.

[BTO_farmalll]

Ya BellyAche n' Bitch, BellyAche n' Bitch, and BellyAche n' Bitch Some More Ya Want More Acres, Then Now Ya Wanna Sell Some!!!!!! Make Up Yer God Damn Mind Already!!!!!! Where at and How Much Rent????? Heard Tom Rented 2500 Acres 4 $130 per Acre Killem/Alliance AB Area, You Rent That fer One Thirty Tom!!!!!!!!!!

[farmaholic]

BTO....Things grow so good in the land of unicorns, fairy dust and utopian gratitude(read Killam) that $130/ac is a deal, especially for value-added seed growing....aided by UPOV91 to keep us hillbillies from buying my neighbor's year off certified seed...

[sumdumguy]

We are all seed growers, what the heck else are we growing, radishes?

[farmaholic]

Licensed?

Why aren't there any "LBR"--LIVESTOCK BREEDER'S RIGHTS?

What gives the purebred breeder the right to sell the progeny from a purebred bull be bought? It's called freedom and property rights...something Tom4G3 supposedly so zealously defends. So why can't I sell seed from the seed I BOUGHT, nobody gave it to me for nothing!!!

[bucket]

Sumdumguy

I grew tillage radish last year ... does that count.

[tweety]

Probably half the farmers or maybe more plant and forget about it and go to the lake.

[sumdumguy]

Grow it - Own it? I don't get it. Civil disobedience is justified against unjust laws. But I suspect the ducks will quietly file into a row - but maybe not.