jumpinfarmer

Yea most people around here know I jump. Of course I'm my own boss so who cares.

The bike. I always wanted one.

Drawer? Hell I have whole buildings full of junk.

Yea I know and it sucks

I didn't watch but think I get the general idea of what is being discussed. My personal problem with suburbia is loss of land. When I was growing up the area where we live was starting to grow into a very suburban area. My family rented over 1000 acres of farmland within a mile of our home. Now almost all of it has grown up to houses. I see it over and over in many places. A comunity thinks it is great that there are new houses being built then after the land is all built up they wonder were all the farms went. As skydivers we should be concerned because we need open areas in order to jump. If a housing development is built neer a DZ it won't be long before the new residents complain about the noise of planes and jumpers landing neer there surburban homes. Then before you know it the DZ has to close. Maybe I'm just rambling.

Do you need a farm wife? Can you drive a tractor?

Basically all my life, 32 years in the same place. I actually really started running operations after high school about 13 years ago.

Quote> Well, that's one kind of GMO crop. Roundup-resistant corn allows farmers to use an herbicide to kill everything _but_ the corn (i.e. weeds.) Thus, some GMO's end up using more pesticides/herbicides because they can better tolerate them. Not exactly. Roundup resistance allows for reduced herbicide use because one chemical (glyphosate) can be used to controle all the weeds in the crop. Previously several differant herbicides often had to be used, along with mechanical cultivation which burns up fuel, and opens the soil to erosian and evaporation of moisture in dry areas. I grow both Roundup and conventional corn depending on the weed history on differant fields. It is hard to explain this to people who have little if any knowledge of agriculture.. 2) Corn cross-pollinates quite readily. Farmers with farms nearby GMO farms have been sued because the genetic markers have shown up in their (organic) corn - and Monsanto went after them, claiming they didn't pay for the GMO seed! What's happening is that the pollen of the GMO corn is contaminating the other farmer's field. Which could be a very big deal if there _does_ turn out to be a problem, because the markers don't always transfer with the bacterial DNA during meiosis. That means if someone does have a problem with GMO corn there will be no way to know which corn might be a health risk for him, even if you test it. Actually it is normally the other way around with the organic producer sueing the conventional grower because of contamination. A lot has been learned in the last 10 years about this topic. ]

I raise crops, Field corn, wheat, oats, kidney beans, peas, hay and pumpkins. I also sell seed and do custom harvesting. In the winter I plow snow for about 70 homeowners.

Bill you do know there is rBST in all milk don't you? It is naturally occurring and it's leavels are undetectable. Also many farms don't use rBST and if they do it is only on there best cows. And as for weather or not organic is better for the environment or not can really be argued. No-till and minimum tillage farming can not exist without modern herbicides. Both minimum and no-till farming dramaticly reduce erosian and save as much as 3/4 the fuel used to produce many crops, as well as in some cases increasing yields. Another thing I have a real problem with about organic is there total resistance to genetic modification. I'll use BT corn for example. Corn can now be raised with NO insecticides because of the implanted defense in the plant protecting it from corn boars and root worms as well as several other insects. Just something for everyone to think about.

I wish I could think of something truly unique but, I can't. I do know that some Limberberger cheese stuck to the exaust pipe will stink to high heavens for weeks. Or perhaps put a rock or some other hard object just behind the car and out of sight so when they back up it gets stuck under it. If you are lucky it will also do major dammage to the drivetrain of the car. As I said I wish I could think of something truly evil. Right now I'm busy watching for pumpkin theives in my neighborhood.

I want it to be 10 out with no snow for two weeks. It's a farmer thing you wouldn't understand.

No thank God but, on my first couple jumps I sure felt like it.

Not bad! I like it.

Wait untill your dog decides to roll in a cow flop and comes back to the house I could go on all day about cows Hey diverdad this thread is right up your ally

Speaking of environment here is something for you to chew on. I plant some of my crops with minimum tillage and some more no-till. I would like to someday plant all my crops this way. The beneifits are, far less erosian, and much reduced fuel consumtian, as well as less ware and tear on machinery. This could never be accomplished in an organic system. The reason is simple organic farming relies mainly on mechanical weed controle. This means disturbing the soil and opening it up to erosian, as well as using machinery which is expensive to buy and use. These reasons open up organic agriculture to some serious questions as to it's real environmental benifits. Lets look back say 30 years. Most of the cropland in the US was plowed every year to plant a crop. Then it was worked down to prepare a seed bed. After that the crop was planted and then some type of chemical weed control was used. Thouse chemicals weren't always efective and had rather liberal labeling recomendations. After that most crops were cultivated to rid them of the remaning weeds, this often happened several times untill the crop was big enough to shade the ground and keep the weeds in check. All this time the soil was left unprotected to the weather causing erosian from the rain and wind. (remember the dust boll) At the same time the soil was also loosing it's organic matter do to being exposed to the sun and heat of the day as well as the air being constantly introduced into it by tillage. Today plows are seldom seen on farms and erosian has been reduced dramaticly. This has been accomplished by the use of chemical herbicides and geneticly modified crops. The chemicals used today have very low levels of active ingrediants and are very effective. An example is how we used to use 4lbs of attrizine to reduce weeds in corn as well as cultivating it and never having weed free corn. Today we have products that use only 1/3 of an ounce per acre and realy do work so cultivating isn't necesary. All this saves fuel, time, and machinery, as well as helping to produce larger crops with less fertilizer since what is used isn't washing or blowing away and keeping more organic matter in the soil. Just something for you to think about.

And I was worried about it being too cloudy when I made the jump. Thanks again Marc

COOL

I have a simple question to everyone who says animals should be raised organicly. Are you organic? Not do you just eat organic food but in every other part of your life. What I'm saying is if you get sick or have an infection do you go to the doctor and then do you take any medication? If you do you are a hypocrite plain and simple. Why should medications be all right for humans and not for animal health?

All three mentioned here are awesome in there own ways. Hopefully the weather will be good for you. The weather at Frontier is often better than the other two because of it's proximity to Lake ontario. If you are a freeflyer then Frontier or Fingerlakes might be better. RW all three would be good. With any luck maybe I'll see you at the DZ.

Couldn't be any worse than most of the rest of the TV shows on today I'd watch

When ever we sow grass seed for a lawn we put some oats with it. The oats will grow real fast and act as a growing mulch to hold the soil and moisture for the slower growing turf grasses. Oats can't stand being cut short with a mower so they will die out after a month or so of mowing. If it is real steep and you are afraid of it washing away don't work the soil up (tilling). You could try killing off what is there now with Round up and then seed directly onto the killed surface. If that is the route you go just be sure to keep it wet untill you see the new seed start to grow. Turf likes a firm seed bed so that may be the way to go and eliminate most of the erosian trouble. Good luck Marc

The first time you leave a plane in flight you log it. They all count as jumps.

I didn't see any attachment so I'm not sure what the story is but I think I get what is being said. I saddly admit that untill just a few months ago my own mother was still paying $1.15 per month rent on the white dial phone on her kitchen wall When she called the phone co. to find out what she had to do with it they told her to throw it out, they didn't want it That was it ever since they haven't charged the $1.15 and she still has the phone, even though she got a newer one.

What's with the white faced one? Scott Come on now Scott, you of all people should know that. He got sold a bill of goods, a holstien cross In all fairness when we still had beefers they were all white faces. They all eat the same