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re: Official OB Farm Thread
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:23 pm to stewie
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:23 pm to stewie
I manage 3750 acres of cotton, corn, and sometimes soybeans. Oh, and half an acre of sweet corn.
Some years it's great, some years are a little tough, but I seem to have more good than bad. I enjoy the hell out of it, and am waiting on the right piece of ground to come up around us that I can start my own little thing.
If you want to make it, you need to be an observant land manager, have a grasp of "the numbers," be efficient with equipment, aggressive with NPK and lime, and have a plan. If you can handle all that, and accept that you're a 15 minute hail storm away from a disaster, you'll be alright. I'm a little more chilled out than most though.
eta: I'm in the SE MS Delta.
Some years it's great, some years are a little tough, but I seem to have more good than bad. I enjoy the hell out of it, and am waiting on the right piece of ground to come up around us that I can start my own little thing.
If you want to make it, you need to be an observant land manager, have a grasp of "the numbers," be efficient with equipment, aggressive with NPK and lime, and have a plan. If you can handle all that, and accept that you're a 15 minute hail storm away from a disaster, you'll be alright. I'm a little more chilled out than most though.
eta: I'm in the SE MS Delta.
This post was edited on 6/20/17 at 4:30 pm
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Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:29 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Where do you farm?
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:34 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Agreed. "Knowing your numbers" is crucial. It's what killed lot of guys over the past 20 years who never adapted.
Also, how do you market your sweet corn?
Also, how do you market your sweet corn?
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:41 pm to jimbeam
I give it to my family, chemical sales people, and people I like in the community.
I didn't mean to plant that much. It just kind of happens sometimes. One of the planters ran out of seed on the last round and we were about to change varieties anyway, so I was like okay, looks like we'll have a sweet corn patch this year.
I didn't mean to plant that much. It just kind of happens sometimes. One of the planters ran out of seed on the last round and we were about to change varieties anyway, so I was like okay, looks like we'll have a sweet corn patch this year.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:44 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Gotcha. Always thought about doing a little but getting rid of it is the hard part
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:48 pm to jimbeam
Yeah. I didn't expect it to yield what it did. I would have tried to find someone with cold storage and sold a lot of it if I had known what it was going to turn into.
I've worked my arse off the last two days trying to give as much away as possible before it rains.
I've worked my arse off the last two days trying to give as much away as possible before it rains.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:49 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Where do you farm
Southeast Mississippi Delta
Posted on 6/20/17 at 4:58 pm to prostyleoffensetime
So since all of you farmers are here Ive always wondered what area of the country had the most fertile soil? I would assume it has to be somewhere in the MS river delta region, NELA, SEAR area.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 5:10 pm to GREENHEAD22
There are spots in all 3 states that can hang with each other.
There are also spots in all 3 states, where, when the dirt is at the right stage, you'll die of exhaustion after walking 100 yards with your boots on.
I can only really comment on Mississippi, but IMO, the best of the best is along Deer Creek and Silver Creek. Some along the rivers is too sandy, and some around ox bows has too many veins of mixed land, but the most consistent from one end of the field the other are basically 1-2 mile swaths along the two big creeks.
There are also spots in all 3 states, where, when the dirt is at the right stage, you'll die of exhaustion after walking 100 yards with your boots on.
I can only really comment on Mississippi, but IMO, the best of the best is along Deer Creek and Silver Creek. Some along the rivers is too sandy, and some around ox bows has too many veins of mixed land, but the most consistent from one end of the field the other are basically 1-2 mile swaths along the two big creeks.
This post was edited on 6/20/17 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 6/20/17 at 6:25 pm to prostyleoffensetime
I want to say that there is some ground in Concordia Parish around the Monterey-Acme area that has some of the highest if not the highest average yield per acre of anywhere in the country.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 7:18 pm to GREENHEAD22
Looking on Google Maps, yeah it wouldn't surprise me if that parish has a lot of high yielding land... Bordered by two rivers, looks to have 4 or 5 ox bows running through it, trees where I'd expect the heaviest ground to be, and what looks like heavy ground in cultivation looks to have a high percentage of irrigation.
If you're really curious, go to web soil survey, and you can map land it will give you a map of when then the soil surveys were done in that area... The delta is not 100% accurate because most of these soil maps were built before a lot of land forming was done, but it will still kind of give you an idea of what's there. It will also define the soil types, so you can learn more about texture, classifications, drainage, etc.
I spend hours looking at soil maps during the offseason.
If you're really curious, go to web soil survey, and you can map land it will give you a map of when then the soil surveys were done in that area... The delta is not 100% accurate because most of these soil maps were built before a lot of land forming was done, but it will still kind of give you an idea of what's there. It will also define the soil types, so you can learn more about texture, classifications, drainage, etc.
I spend hours looking at soil maps during the offseason.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 7:36 pm to GREENHEAD22
quote:
So since all of you farmers are here Ive always wondered what area of the country had the most fertile soil? I would assume it has to be somewhere in the MS river delta region, NELA, SEAR area.
I would say some of the valleys in California. I have been on some farm tours out there and certain areas have some incredibly fertile soils.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 7:40 pm to highcotton2
And no pests to speak of compared to down here 
Posted on 6/20/17 at 8:01 pm to stewie
Love the thread. Work in an air conditioned office from 7-6 four days a week and ready to get outside.
In two weeks will be moving to 23 acres and will get a barbed wire fence put up and will buy a few Brangus from my neighbor and hopefully they will grow. Also will get some donkeys to be my watchdogs. Maybe some chickens also. Learned a lot from the OB.
In two weeks will be moving to 23 acres and will get a barbed wire fence put up and will buy a few Brangus from my neighbor and hopefully they will grow. Also will get some donkeys to be my watchdogs. Maybe some chickens also. Learned a lot from the OB.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 8:13 pm to Hatcher Hall Shrink
Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:04 pm to GREENHEAD22
The "ice cream" ground along hwy 15 between Vidalia and Deer Park is the best I've ever seen or heard of around that area, maybe up on the Macon ridge in NE Concordia. Heard some stupid corn yields come from up there.
Most fertile I've seen was up in the TX Panhandle along the Red River if you could get a pivot to it. Anywhere water hits it explodes, there cotton yield is twice ours and the tree is half the size of our cotton.
Most fertile I've seen was up in the TX Panhandle along the Red River if you could get a pivot to it. Anywhere water hits it explodes, there cotton yield is twice ours and the tree is half the size of our cotton.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 9:08 pm to stewie
I would never claim to be a farmer (hard work) but I help a friend thats a farmer out when I can working on trucks, equipment and running a tractor or tractor trailer for the hunting lease rights on his 9 leases of about 6500 acres
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:05 pm to auburntiger4life
Row crop about 3800 acres and have 150 cows. Own about 30% of the ground.
Posted on 6/20/17 at 10:48 pm to GREENHEAD22
Just by looking at it, there was some fine looking land in the boot heel of MO and western TN around Tiptonville. As far as local, there ain't much better than around Wildsville, and Along 84 from jonesville Towards Archie. I know a baw tha farms there and 2-3 bales was average back in the 90's when we were scrapping 1.5-2 bales on a good yr. over in ne catahoula along the Tensas. I miss it.
This post was edited on 6/20/17 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 6/21/17 at 6:31 am to White Bear
Most fertile ground in world is pointe coupee parish. Bordered by miss river on north and east and archafalaya on north and west. Parish is a delta itself.
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