Best Waterfowl Hunting Lease States The sport of waterfowl hunting continues to be one of North America’s most popular hunting activities. Across the Country, many states offer a wide range of waterfowl hunting opportunities that are available for the public to enjoy. Eventually, many waterfowl hunters will begin to consider owning or leasing a private […]
Have You Considered the Farmable Wetlands Program? Almost every farmer looks for ways to maximize the amount of land they have planted in row crops or hayfields, mostly because that means higher profits. But most of them also have some kind of marginal land that is a little too wet to plow or plant. Maybe a field […]
How to Offset Canada Goose Crop Damage There’s something special about owning land and looking out at your farm fields. They are your livelihood and you probably spend a great deal of time and money to prepare, plant, maintain, and harvest them. So when you look out over your fields and see them packed full of […]
Solutions for Flooded Crop Fields Mother Nature has a habit of getting what she wants. She may give you a few small victories, but inevitably, she will win the war. This example of give and take can be explicitly seen in the world of row crops, and their relationship with wetlands and streams. It is often an underappreciated attribute of nature, […]
Talk Your Farmer Into Planting Cover Crops As a hunter and lessee, you’d think it would be tricky talking a farmer/landowner into planting cover crops. After all, it’s their land and they’ve presumably been farming long enough to know a thing or two. You don’t want to come across as pushy or act like you know more than they do – that’s a […]
Hunting Leases on Cattle Ranches Agricultural producers understand the value of investment, of hard work, and of the return on both of those attributes. All across the agricultural lands of this great nation are working ranches producing safe, quality beef for consumers. These operations require huge investments in land resources, not only for the cattle themselves, but for the production of […]
Tips to Reduce Deer Crop Damage on Your Farm Farmers are still one of the rare kinds of people who truly live off the land. For example, if a crop doesn’t do well, due to a storm or disease or drought, their salary and livelihood is directly impacted (to some extent). Unfortunately, there’s another cause of crop failure that doesn’t […]
You Want to Earn Income on a Farm, But How? Whether you are the proud owner of a large farming estate passed down through the generations or you just bought your first small farm, there’s probably one thing on your mind: what is the best way to make money farming? Knowing how to earn income on a farm isn’t always […]
Why Leasing Your Woodland Is Important After a Timber Harvest Very few landowners try to make their property as profitable as possible. In most cases, family farms or lands are passed down through generations, and the same practices are used to earn money from it, including row crops, pastures for livestock, or the occasional firewood cutting. But if your property includes […]
Leasing Your Land for Hunting | What You Should Know You’re probably familiar with the old saying about how you should buy land now because they’re not making any more of it. As a landowner who’s not using all of their land, that phrase just seems kind of silly. Whether you inherited a large property or […]