Ducks Unlimited

[woodland]

.....never sign anything that causes you to lose control of your land....no amount of money from such groups is worth it.

Agree with everyone. There’s already restrictions(caveats) on every quarter of ours except one from everything else like gas lines, power lines, oil leases, building restrictions from the neighboring coal mine........don’t need any voluntary ones added.

[furrowtickler]

*** the ducks 🦆

[furrowtickler]

Ohh , and all the city boys pretend hunters shoving agricultural regulations down our throats .... really ? Just so they can have the opportunity to go duck shooting once or twice a year ? Think about it .

[grassfarmer]

I agree with the goals Ducks are aiming to achieve but not with how they manage land in practice. Beavers are awesome riparian managers and I have no problems with them as long as you keep enough coyotes around.

I prefer grain farmers as neighbours though - they send me their water and topsoil for free !!

[bgmb]

enough nature land in canada already that wil never be farmed or developed. **** DU lets farm every acre we can

[Sheepwheat]

Back to the topic. Was paid ten bucks an acre for area seeded to winter wheat. I guess some see this is a mistake? Same with the forage agreement. If you are seeding down land anyway, why not take advantage of their programs? They do not take control of the land, they just want the habitat for nesting success.

Most farmers sure seem to hate habitat and wildlife. I guess if all that matters is dollars...

I also notice most grain farmers are more virulently opposed to woodlands and riparian areas. Livestock people seem far more open to using the land in different ways, leaving more habitat intact.

And then the grain farmers come to my land to hunt, and wonder why I post it! Lol.

[bgmb]

If people want to donate money for duck habitat i have no problem with that. I do have a problem with farmers who talk out both sides of their mouth. When it’s convenient you want the government out of your business but its ok to “take advantage” of DU money (some of which comes from government) if you are growing winter wheat or seeding pasture. Puts you square in ndp camp.

[grassfarmer]

If people want to donate money for duck habitat i have no problem with that. I do have a problem with farmers who talk out both sides of their mouth. When it’s convenient you want the government out of your business but its ok to “take advantage” of DU money (some of which comes from government) if you are growing winter wheat or seeding pasture. Puts you square in ndp camp.

Guess everyone posting on here must be NDP then - bet there isn't one of you that doesn't participate in at least one of Agri-Invest, Crop Insurance or the farm fuel rebate programs.

[bgmb]

Guess everyone posting on here must be NDP then - bet there isn't one of you that doesn't participate in at least one of Agri-Invest, Crop Insurance or the farm fuel rebate programs.

Good point, I guess we are somewhat forced into these programs to remain competitive with other farmers in the area.

[GDR]

If people want to donate money for duck habitat i have no problem with that. I do have a problem with farmers who talk out both sides of their mouth. When it’s convenient you want the government out of your business but its ok to “take advantage” of DU money (some of which comes from government) if you are growing winter wheat or seeding pasture. Puts you square in ndp camp.

Taking or receiving handouts does not make you socialist, I'd say more opportunistic which is a capitalistic quality. You become a socialist when you advocate for handouts in exchange for slowdown of your operations or conditional on production.

For sheepwheats wheat payment, if all farmers where paid $10 an acre and sheepwheat still seeded his winter wheat and got the same $10, then it would be the NDP way.