We lease 180 acres from a local farmer, He has a small farm and out dated equiptment. We have 8 years left on our lease contract.
Most of the farm is hay fields. there is some clover and alfalfa witch is good. He also plants about 20 acres of corn. He leaves about 3 acres standing for us in a couple different areas. We also have 4 areas about an acre each that he plants soy beans in for us. The problem is that he didn't plant the beans till july 5th this year. and believe it or not we haven't had much rain here since then. We also supplied the bean seed. The beans are not doing anything, Some didn't even come up. they notilled them with a corn planter and I think they were planted to deep. This has made a huge difference in the deer activity in the area. Seems the deer have moved on to other farms with good beans.
We pay him a thousand dollars a year to do the planting for us. Hes a nice guy and he knows im not happy that the beans are a wash.
I just don't want to tick him off. But I feel we have been shorted. And it will have a negative effect on our hunting this year.
Im just looking for some imput on what I should do about it. And what you think.
He is lucky to get 75 bushels to an acre out of his corn.
Here is a picture of the plot last year.
Most of the farm is hay fields. there is some clover and alfalfa witch is good. He also plants about 20 acres of corn. He leaves about 3 acres standing for us in a couple different areas. We also have 4 areas about an acre each that he plants soy beans in for us. The problem is that he didn't plant the beans till july 5th this year. and believe it or not we haven't had much rain here since then. We also supplied the bean seed. The beans are not doing anything, Some didn't even come up. they notilled them with a corn planter and I think they were planted to deep. This has made a huge difference in the deer activity in the area. Seems the deer have moved on to other farms with good beans.
We pay him a thousand dollars a year to do the planting for us. Hes a nice guy and he knows im not happy that the beans are a wash.
I just don't want to tick him off. But I feel we have been shorted. And it will have a negative effect on our hunting this year.
Im just looking for some imput on what I should do about it. And what you think.
He is lucky to get 75 bushels to an acre out of his corn.
Here is a picture of the plot last year.
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