You've crossed over to the dark side sheepwheat not that you've animals and some grass LOL. We'll have the last laugh though when "conventional" farmers finally realise they can't beat mother nature despite killing all the wildlife, the trees, the grass, the soil biology and the water.
I think the concern is more with the conservation easements that DU likes farmers to sign up for - they put restrictions on land use in perpetuity and although they offer reasonable money I'm not convinced it's anything like enough given how long perpetuity is, plus you are getting it in today's $ which might look small 10 years from now. We have grass/bush quarters that we will never break or cultivate that would easily earn us $50,000 to put in a "no break, no drain" easement - on the face of it money for nothing but that perpetuity clause is the deal breaker. I think within 10-20 years there will be programs paying annual management fees to farmers to manage their land and they will be a better deal for farmers. Land with conservation easements on it can be tough to sell to a future buyer if you decide to sell the property some day - I know some people that have done that and found it cost them many times what their DU payments had been.
What Partners did with his quarter makes sense, probably better than putting it into a conservation agreement in the circumstances.
I think the concern is more with the conservation easements that DU likes farmers to sign up for - they put restrictions on land use in perpetuity and although they offer reasonable money I'm not convinced it's anything like enough given how long perpetuity is, plus you are getting it in today's $ which might look small 10 years from now. We have grass/bush quarters that we will never break or cultivate that would easily earn us $50,000 to put in a "no break, no drain" easement - on the face of it money for nothing but that perpetuity clause is the deal breaker. I think within 10-20 years there will be programs paying annual management fees to farmers to manage their land and they will be a better deal for farmers. Land with conservation easements on it can be tough to sell to a future buyer if you decide to sell the property some day - I know some people that have done that and found it cost them many times what their DU payments had been.
What Partners did with his quarter makes sense, probably better than putting it into a conservation agreement in the circumstances.
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