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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Loin" data-source="post: 397912" data-attributes="member: 5601"><p>Novatech,</p><p>Re:</p><p></p><p>I'm not disagreeing with that statement. Only a fool would totally disregard the short and long-term health of his/her grassland resources.</p><p></p><p>All I am saying is that at some point it can become cost prohibitive depending on the land if all you intend to do is feed on grass.</p><p></p><p>Let me try it this way.</p><p>Grassland consists of two words "grass" and "land".</p><p>All grass grows on land, but not all land grows grass.</p><p></p><p>Now when you lease land, whether it is from yourself or others, the price you pay per acre is based upon the existing grass that the land will sustain. Or you must use the land (or a portion thereof) without grass on it.</p><p></p><p>You then look into the future to see what you can do to improve the grass yield, keeping in mind the length of the lease being offered. If it is only a 1, 2 or 3 year lease, there is probably very little you can do to increase the grass yield. And the same goes for virgin cleared land (cleared for less then 25 years other then bottom land).</p><p>If the land being offered is being offered for 5 or more years then there are things you can do to increase the grass yield and justify the costs.</p><p></p><p>It is always our intent and practice to leave a property in better shape then when we first leased it.</p><p>SL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Loin, post: 397912, member: 5601"] Novatech, Re: I’m not disagreeing with that statement. Only a fool would totally disregard the short and long-term health of his/her grassland resources. All I am saying is that at some point it can become cost prohibitive depending on the land if all you intend to do is feed on grass. Let me try it this way. Grassland consists of two words “grass” and “land”. All grass grows on land, but not all land grows grass. Now when you lease land, whether it is from yourself or others, the price you pay per acre is based upon the existing grass that the land will sustain. Or you must use the land (or a portion thereof) without grass on it. You then look into the future to see what you can do to improve the grass yield, keeping in mind the length of the lease being offered. If it is only a 1, 2 or 3 year lease, there is probably very little you can do to increase the grass yield. And the same goes for virgin cleared land (cleared for less then 25 years other then bottom land). If the land being offered is being offered for 5 or more years then there are things you can do to increase the grass yield and justify the costs. It is always our intent and practice to leave a property in better shape then when we first leased it. SL [/QUOTE]
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