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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 659159" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>its funny you should say that b/c its an old rice farm. The canals that criss cross through the property and provide water to all my different fields are all rice canals. The problem with growing rice out there is the start up cost. Have you seen what it costs to buy a tractor that can pull a decent sized disc through the clay type of soil that is out there? Not to mention a combine, grain cart, dryers, etc.... </p><p></p><p>The first year I leased 140 acres to a rice farmer - but it was a hassle. Rice is a high input crop, and it requires alot of equipment, and alot of attention. If you just lease it as farm land you can make more on cattle. If you go in on profit sharing, you have a huge upfront cost, and once the rice is harvested you still have to come back and break down the levees. I keep 77 acres in a separately fenced area that I reserve for duck hunting. I plan on running the cattle through it a few times a year to keep it at that right height for the ducks. My neighbor ran his on it before me when I allowed him to. - He would throw 400 head in for a week and it would be the perfect height for flooding. Once they came out I would pump up - and boom - perfect. Its a good field though - Its heavily improved in a wild red rice, millet, barn yard grass, japanese millet, yellow nutsedge. It is the only field I keep watered - not that I need to water it often. When the flood gates are open, it fills to about an inch of standing water. Close the gates, wait 2 weeks add cows. Pull em off fat and happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 659159, member: 9219"] its funny you should say that b/c its an old rice farm. The canals that criss cross through the property and provide water to all my different fields are all rice canals. The problem with growing rice out there is the start up cost. Have you seen what it costs to buy a tractor that can pull a decent sized disc through the clay type of soil that is out there? Not to mention a combine, grain cart, dryers, etc.... The first year I leased 140 acres to a rice farmer - but it was a hassle. Rice is a high input crop, and it requires alot of equipment, and alot of attention. If you just lease it as farm land you can make more on cattle. If you go in on profit sharing, you have a huge upfront cost, and once the rice is harvested you still have to come back and break down the levees. I keep 77 acres in a separately fenced area that I reserve for duck hunting. I plan on running the cattle through it a few times a year to keep it at that right height for the ducks. My neighbor ran his on it before me when I allowed him to. - He would throw 400 head in for a week and it would be the perfect height for flooding. Once they came out I would pump up - and boom - perfect. Its a good field though - Its heavily improved in a wild red rice, millet, barn yard grass, japanese millet, yellow nutsedge. It is the only field I keep watered - not that I need to water it often. When the flood gates are open, it fills to about an inch of standing water. Close the gates, wait 2 weeks add cows. Pull em off fat and happy. [/QUOTE]
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