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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 207379" data-attributes="member: 605">Got some numbers. Farmed 2 quarters of rented ground 31 years. The landlord didn't want anything to do with trees. She died and it went on the auction block. Sand...$1300 bucks tops. Nope...an anesthesiologist from Bismarck ran me to $1900 per acre or $286,000 for the first quarter. That shot my wad and couldn't afford to buy the second quarter. He doesn't hunt and bought it as an investment. He wanted a whorehouse rent so I passed. He found a land whore willing to pay his asking price and conservation isn't going to be part of that equation. 2017 was my first year of ownership and we prepped the ground for trees. Was at the NRCS today and here are the numbers I'm sure you guys will find interesting. 7 half mile rows of trees cost $5880.NRCS cost share $3880My out of pocket cost $2000. Weed barrier would have doubled the cost. Chose not to and instead use a weed badger. I'm hoping to pick up a one for $3000. That is about the same cost as weed barrier. Ya, I know operating the weed badger is going to be a hellava lot more work. If you keep on top of it the trees do well and after X amount of years a guy can plant it to grasses. Those grasses grow into the row and make for better habitat than weed barrier. So it's about $5k to start for 7 tree rows before sweat equity. An absentee landowner isn't going to consider it and a tenant is going to be reluctant to do any improvements knowing when he finally has it looking good another may come along and pay a higher rent.- - - Updated - - -Another thing, the NRCS guy said it's my job to let you know about another program. Pheasants Forever will chip in $500. He knows me... he laughed and I demurred.</blockquote>

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