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Absolutely agreed. There are so many things and old practices that could deal with this but people seem to completely ignore it all. Or maybe they just don't kn

Absolutely agreed. There are so many things and old practices that could deal with this but people seem to completely ignore it all. Or maybe they just don't know. We had a farmer around here who seems to have learned. He somehow figured out that hedgerows help break the wind and are home to beneficial birds and other animals, even if also probably harboring not so beneficial ones such as rabbits ;) He subdivided his fields by "planting" hedgerows again but he did it on the cheap. He threw a bunch of old branches/cutoffs around his fields and just left it there for a few years. Over time, birds and other animals probably that used the branches for shelter would drop seeds and over time an actual hedge grew all by itself. FWIW he also built a little pond in the middle of some fields, simply by digging out a hole and piling up the dug out soil around it on 3 1/2 sides.

rdtwo 4y ago
You would never do this with rented land. Most farmers rent the land so they have no interest in improving soil
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- randomdata 4y ago
  You certainly wouldn't against the wishes of the landlord who doesn't want to clean up your mess after you move on. That's a good way to get kicked out. If it is what the landlord wants, you no doubt would. If you don't there are a 100 other farmers lined up for the land who will.
  - Calamitous 4y ago
    I think you are vastly overestimating the number of people who want to be farmers.
    - randomdata 4y ago
      Well, being a farmer, I have to compete against them and have a good handle on who else wants the land I have been able to rent, and who has taken the land I wished to rent but lost out on. So, no, I don't think so. That doesn't even get into the people who wish they could farm but can't because there are already so many lined up in front of them.
  - rdtwo 4y ago
    Yeah your land lord is some big conglomerate I’m sure they have very strict rules on what to can/can’t do. But since you don’t care you do the bare minimum as you should

rdtwo 4y ago

You would never do this with rented land. Most farmers rent the land so they have no interest in improving soil

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randomdata 4y ago
You certainly wouldn't against the wishes of the landlord who doesn't want to clean up your mess after you move on. That's a good way to get kicked out. If it is what the landlord wants, you no doubt would. If you don't there are a 100 other farmers lined up for the land who will.
- Calamitous 4y ago
  I think you are vastly overestimating the number of people who want to be farmers.
  - randomdata 4y ago
    Well, being a farmer, I have to compete against them and have a good handle on who else wants the land I have been able to rent, and who has taken the land I wished to rent but lost out on. So, no, I don't think so. That doesn't even get into the people who wish they could farm but can't because there are already so many lined up in front of them.
- rdtwo 4y ago
  Yeah your land lord is some big conglomerate I’m sure they have very strict rules on what to can/can’t do. But since you don’t care you do the bare minimum as you should