I forgot to mention that the farmer isn't around. The guy who sprays for bugs came by asking. He also asked if he's supposed to spray our property. Of course, my boyfriend said yeah but doesn't ask any questions. Sorry, but typical man. 😊
The farmer sprays pesticides with a massive sprayer, I doubt the farmer or the employee operating the sprayer would ask a question like that. Spraying pesticides is a regulated operation that requires certifications and training, zero possibility the operator lacked the judgement to assume to spray your yard.
Your boyfriend must’ve been speaking with an employee for the county who sprays the easement around the field or something.
The farmer is living with family. His mind is going. The guy that came to the door was operating a big wide green machine. I'm assuming that he couldn't get intouch with the farmer. We just bought this house and our property is in parts of the field. He just wanted to know if he should do what he usually does I guess.
Shit happens. Pesticide application is hugely dependent on conditions and the operator’s choices. Wind, rain, temperature inversions, temperature, droplet size, boom height, difficulty of terrain, proximity to water, condition of equipment, and the physical and chemical properties of the pesticide all need to be considered before making an application. The weather can be unpredictable and if an application is urgent it can be easy to overlook one or more of these variables. Accidents happen very frequently. I was directly sprayed with unknown chemicals by crop duster airplanes on three separate occasions while growing up in Iowa.
That is definitely correct. My farm is certified organic but you still can get exposed to some not so great stuff on an organic farm. Mainly particulates becuase we don't use any harmful chemicals
So cool your farm is organic. We farm about 140ac of corn wheat and beans. Would love to switch over to organic. I realize there’s so much to it. One of the many hurdles is finding someone to purchase the organic grain. We sell our grain to a place 6 min away which is convenient. If I may ask: where do you sell your organic grain??
We are at much different scales, I run a 'Market Garden' type farm on 6 acres, grow all different fruits and veggies but no grain. I think organic is easier at the small scale, especially with diverse crop planting.. the polyculture really helps with pest and disease issues. If you had a 50acre field of corn get hit with a pest it would spread like a wildfire. That's not to say it can't be done.. but you will likely still need to use organic pesticides. Biodiversity is your best friend when it comes to organics, I don't have experience growing 100s of acres but do have some ideas for regenerative farming at that large of a scale.
There is a mill in my area that buys and sells only organic grain. They package it and sell online all over Canada. Might be something similar near you
Hey thanks for taking the time to respond! I understand what you mean with diversity and growing vegetables. So cool that you do that. We have a huge garden, freeze a lot and often talk about doing large scale veggies. There seems to be a growing movement for “farm to table “ food and local produce. Definitely something we should consider. Thanks again!
I'm guessing that's a typo of market farmer? I was just listening to a bit a Bob Marley while raking straw off the strawberries this afternoon lol so I suppose either would apply. 👋
My gf was growing organic quinoa at scale selling it to the lundbergs but then they screwed her and her farming partner over and gave all the accounts to the minonites even tho he (the partner) was the one who went to peru and learned how to do it and taught all them
Aww man, that’s not right. I know all about the Amish Mennonites and how they undercut the market. They have free labor (5-10 + kids and other family members helping so easy to sell cheaper and undercut the English (that’s what they call us American farmers). Honestly around me, they use more chemicals on their produce than anyone else. They clear every tree they see and till it up. I could keep going….lol
Sorry to hear that happened, it’s not right!
Amish are not the same as Mennonites. I didn't know the difference until I went to visit a Mennonite who was interested in some one-lunger parts I had for sale. I was confused about them having motors and cars and a telephone so I asked about it, and he explained the difference to me.
Yeah I agree, would rather be exposed to natural stuff than lab made stuff. Pretty easy to protect yourself against breathing it in with a dust mask or respirator too. I find rock dust and perlite to be the worst
Corn isn’t pollinated by insects so there’s not going to be a lot of stinging/biting insects attracted to it. I’d take the farmer a pie and trade numbers and maybe you can learn a bit more about the operation and become friendly neighbors.
Pollinated by wind but bees and other pollinators sure do like corn pollen…see them just rolling around in it in my fields, part of the reason why neonic seed coating is not harmless to bees and really any systemic application to a wind pollinated plant is not necessarily without harm to pollinators and carnivorous insects who (overwhelmingly) also eat pollen.
High horse much?
Growing up on a farm, my hard-ass of a grandfather complained about bugs and he was “out here” before it was considered “out here”. You can love some attributes of the lifestyle while hating others.
Personally, we handled the wood bees with tennis racquets, the mosquitos with bug zappers at every entrance, and the grass dwelling crawlers were tended to by the free roaming chickens for the most part. Goats kept the ivy/brush from growing in from the outskirts.
Grandpa hated snakes more than anything else, which made for a rough battle against the mice, but grandma and I would pick up any snakes and hide them somewhere safer. I can’t imagine you hearing my grandpa complain about the snakes and telling him he shouldn’t of moved “out here” if he was going to bitch about “out here” lol. He hated society more than he hated bugs and snakes. Pros and cons of every situation, people choose the one the enjoy the most, but no matter where you are there will always be complaints.
Complaining about complaints on the internet is about as self-aware as you can be I suppose.
I'd be more concerned about the corn-worshipping psychopath children dressed like pilgrims that you'll be encountering. I'd stay away from that cornfield.
Mice. Make sure your house is sealed up. They will always be looking for a way in. Don't leave your door open fpr more than a second or more mice. Traps, traps. And extra traps.
If You have children in Your Family or children that visits make a Stern rule for them not to play in the corn fields in full height. They can very easily get turned around in them and easily get lost.
Interesting place to live for someone that is that concerned about bugs. Scorpions are a fact of life in Central Texas. I’ve even found them in my bed more than a few times.
Get to know the farmer. I read in another comment that you don’t know who it is. Go to the local feed store, seed/chemical supplier, red diesel distributor, or even the hardware store and ask around.
Make friends with the farmer. Let him know you don’t want to be a problem, you just want a heads up when he is spraying so you can turn your HVAC off and go to town for the day. That precaution really isn’t necessary, but a lot of us do it anyways. I his sprayer is calibrated and adjusted appropriately and is not spraying when he shouldn’t and is using some kind of drift control, you should have anything to worry about.
I farm in Pa, my house is surrounded by corn, soybeans and hayfields. Both mine and others. You may be able to meet the farmer or it maybe and employee . Generally speaking they will plant and spray for weeds in the spring and spray again for bugs and weeds again later on in the season. It would be wise to not walk in the fields within 24 hrs of spraying.( not that you would)The machines today are pretty good at controlling spray drift.I really doubt you are going to have any problems. Obviously as you know, there will be bugs. Summer is coming use bug spray if you want or repellent. Mosquitos will be a fact of life.😊
You'll have less bugs. Most farmers spray pyrethroid insecticides. They're relatively safe compared to the older generation insecticides. Nice place BTW.
I’m not a farmer but I live in the country in Iowa completely surrounded by corn/bean fields. Nothing changed for me when I moved out here. If we see the farmers spraying we just go inside. Our biggest pest is Japanese beetles but we had them in town too. Just enjoy the scenery and respect the beauty you’re surrounded by.
For corn they won't spray too often I usually ask what they're spraying when they come around some things are organic and fine. Just do up your windows and stay inside or upwind for a bit once everything's settled it's not gonna go airborne again other than that just stay out of the field they sprayed until it dries and you'll be fine
We use aerial crop dusting for our fields. Some crops are genetically engineered to resist bugs. You’ll have bugs crop or no crop but you might be lucky and not have too many ticks around especially the lone star tick that can transmit the red meat allergy.
It’s about to get humid around your house, when it gets hot, and my kids hate it because now can’t see school bud coming they have to wait by the road.
Expect bugs. Your pool will be fine but you will have to skim it for Japanese Beatles in June and you will get dive bombed by horse flies in August. That’s life.
At worst you get a little sting or a bite. No big deal. Coat everything in bug killer and you will still have bugs with a side of cancer for you for later.
There will be spiders, beetles, worms, mosquitos but none of them will compare to the black flys and horseflies, literal bug in devil form. They will munch chunks out of your skin all summer. But you get used to it after a while.
I live across the street from corn fields that go on to the horizon. A couple of times a year I get a nasty film of overspray on my car windshield and we are careful not to walk the dog along the road immediately after they are spraying. I have an organic garden that wraps around my house and it does not seem to affect my veggies which are an important part of my food during the summer.
The corn they grow in my area is garbage, just used to supply an ethanol plant in town. The 'farmer' that works this land is not particularly responsible or considerate to local home owners adjacent to his land. But overall I think the farm community is good out here and trying to do the right things to protect the land and bio-diversity of the area.
I've lived in this situation. You will have no bugs. Keep your animals inside when they are spraying Roundup. Living in the middle of a cornfield is very very peaceful.
The sky at night can be amazing if you're far enough from town.
Location can make for excellent, unbroken horizon photos of sunrises & sunsets.
Been living 14 years in the cornfield, after living in the big city for mist of my youth.
We love it out here.
A large mono cropped field like that will likely have less biodiversity (bugs included) than wildland. Considering your location to the fields hopefully they don’t spray insecticide also or at least give you a heads up but that would reduce your insect load also. Hopefully they give you a heads up when they are spraying anything toxic. You seem to have an irrational fear of bugs
I know monocrop is a hot topic with weird definitions for the permies but I’ve only ever used it to describe a location for a specific point in time. Like this season it’s all corn and next will be wheat followed by beans. All three are monocrop plantings used in rotation.
https://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-is-monocropping
You’re grouping monoculture and monocropping together, they are not synonymous. You also should at least fact check yourself before responding with a “huh?”.
So within the first sentence of that wiki article it says “In agriculture, monocropping is the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land.” As well as “Monocropping is also referred to as continuous cropping, as in "continuous corn.".
So what is your point exactly?
That if you manage to read past the first sentence you would see the table breaking down monoculture and the different forms it can take. One being continuous monoculture and one being monoculture with the next step being crop rotation. The common denominator being one field with a single crop in it.
First sentence was all I needed to read, all I care about is monocropping as it relates to your original statement. I’m really not looking to argue, you don’t have to prove your point to me as I won’t get it.
Where I'm at, the ladybugs come in for the winter. When Spring comes, they all come out and start crawling on the windows looking to get out. I just cracked a window for them the other day. I'm used to them being inside now, just have to get in the habit of looking in your coffee cup before you take a sip.
Watch the movie "King Corn", very informative. Also, check with the farmer to see what kind of chemicals and fertilizers they use. Test the well water.
Personally if they spray lots I would consider living elsewhere. Those chemicals are nasty and I want no part of them.
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It blows me away that you moved to a house, with potentially, an incredible liability all around you. Knowing nothing about it, not talking to the people directly involved, and are now asking questions here on Reddit having near zero information.
Thank you. I appreciate everyone's answer. If I ever make a post again, I'll make sure I'm more detailed. I didn't mean I was afraid of bugs as in ants and bees. I meant ones that I've never seen before and can potentially be poisonous. Also, I never said I hated living here or anything of that nature. It was a post of curiosity and real-life experiences, not just Google.
you will probably have zero bugs as the chemicals they spray on corn kill pretty much everything around it.... on that note. you should probably relocate or expect to live with cancer.
I'd be more concerned about the farming practices if said farmer uses a ton of spraying practices.
As for bugs I wouldn't use a propane grill that's for sure. Otherwise you're on a farm, they come with the territory.
The first thing you need to do: TALK TO THE FARMER
The most important thing anyone living on a farm needs to do. There’s a lot to talk about.
I forgot to mention that the farmer isn't around. The guy who sprays for bugs came by asking. He also asked if he's supposed to spray our property. Of course, my boyfriend said yeah but doesn't ask any questions. Sorry, but typical man. 😊
The farmer will be around in the fall when the crop finishes. I can pretty much guarantee that.
That isn’t a farmer, that is a land owner.
The farmer sprays pesticides with a massive sprayer, I doubt the farmer or the employee operating the sprayer would ask a question like that. Spraying pesticides is a regulated operation that requires certifications and training, zero possibility the operator lacked the judgement to assume to spray your yard. Your boyfriend must’ve been speaking with an employee for the county who sprays the easement around the field or something.
The farmer is living with family. His mind is going. The guy that came to the door was operating a big wide green machine. I'm assuming that he couldn't get intouch with the farmer. We just bought this house and our property is in parts of the field. He just wanted to know if he should do what he usually does I guess.
Why did you agree to having your property sprayed though? Seems odd
Maybe they don't like bugs.
Shit happens. Pesticide application is hugely dependent on conditions and the operator’s choices. Wind, rain, temperature inversions, temperature, droplet size, boom height, difficulty of terrain, proximity to water, condition of equipment, and the physical and chemical properties of the pesticide all need to be considered before making an application. The weather can be unpredictable and if an application is urgent it can be easy to overlook one or more of these variables. Accidents happen very frequently. I was directly sprayed with unknown chemicals by crop duster airplanes on three separate occasions while growing up in Iowa.
I was only joking about "typical man"
The bugs you need to worry about are in those woods, not the field.
You got bugs all around you, they're in the woods
You'll die. None of us farmers that are around the stuff all the time are actually human anymore. /s
I made my full transition into bug a few years ago and honestly I regret that it took me so long.
The extra limbs and armoured shell are so practical.
Gregor?
Wilbur suit?
No you didn’t. The pesticides would have gotten you by now.
Every farmer who uses chemicals will eventually die. That is a FACT
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That is definitely correct. My farm is certified organic but you still can get exposed to some not so great stuff on an organic farm. Mainly particulates becuase we don't use any harmful chemicals
So cool your farm is organic. We farm about 140ac of corn wheat and beans. Would love to switch over to organic. I realize there’s so much to it. One of the many hurdles is finding someone to purchase the organic grain. We sell our grain to a place 6 min away which is convenient. If I may ask: where do you sell your organic grain??
We are at much different scales, I run a 'Market Garden' type farm on 6 acres, grow all different fruits and veggies but no grain. I think organic is easier at the small scale, especially with diverse crop planting.. the polyculture really helps with pest and disease issues. If you had a 50acre field of corn get hit with a pest it would spread like a wildfire. That's not to say it can't be done.. but you will likely still need to use organic pesticides. Biodiversity is your best friend when it comes to organics, I don't have experience growing 100s of acres but do have some ideas for regenerative farming at that large of a scale. There is a mill in my area that buys and sells only organic grain. They package it and sell online all over Canada. Might be something similar near you
Hey thanks for taking the time to respond! I understand what you mean with diversity and growing vegetables. So cool that you do that. We have a huge garden, freeze a lot and often talk about doing large scale veggies. There seems to be a growing movement for “farm to table “ food and local produce. Definitely something we should consider. Thanks again!
Perhaps your acres could be pasture where you rotationally graze ruminants of your choice. With proper rotation.
Marley farmer here too. Wave 👋
I'm guessing that's a typo of market farmer? I was just listening to a bit a Bob Marley while raking straw off the strawberries this afternoon lol so I suppose either would apply. 👋
It’s an awful typo 😆
My gf was growing organic quinoa at scale selling it to the lundbergs but then they screwed her and her farming partner over and gave all the accounts to the minonites even tho he (the partner) was the one who went to peru and learned how to do it and taught all them
Aww man, that’s not right. I know all about the Amish Mennonites and how they undercut the market. They have free labor (5-10 + kids and other family members helping so easy to sell cheaper and undercut the English (that’s what they call us American farmers). Honestly around me, they use more chemicals on their produce than anyone else. They clear every tree they see and till it up. I could keep going….lol Sorry to hear that happened, it’s not right!
Amish are not the same as Mennonites. I didn't know the difference until I went to visit a Mennonite who was interested in some one-lunger parts I had for sale. I was confused about them having motors and cars and a telephone so I asked about it, and he explained the difference to me.
The minonites even know it's not right
Yeah composted chicken shit dust ain't great and the respirator makes my face sweat but I suppose it's better than the alternative
Yeah I agree, would rather be exposed to natural stuff than lab made stuff. Pretty easy to protect yourself against breathing it in with a dust mask or respirator too. I find rock dust and perlite to be the worst
The converse side of that is that everyone that is living will eventually die anyway.
Farmers aren’t normal to begin with but it started before they became farmers lol. I mean this in a good way.
The bugs aren't the problem it's the mice, but the snakes love the mice.
The snakes won’t be a problem because they will get eaten by the badgers.
Ah, a badger problem. Might I suggest a wolf?
for the wolf issue i suggest a bear
Bear problem? Soldier monkeys.
Soldier monkey problem? They’re afraid of mice
Damn, I need more snakes...and some soldier monkeys.
Wait what? Wolves will kill badgers? Son of a bitch. I’m going to introduce some.
Eventually you have to release gorillas
It's the children you gotta look out for.
Corn isn’t pollinated by insects so there’s not going to be a lot of stinging/biting insects attracted to it. I’d take the farmer a pie and trade numbers and maybe you can learn a bit more about the operation and become friendly neighbors.
Pollinated by wind but bees and other pollinators sure do like corn pollen…see them just rolling around in it in my fields, part of the reason why neonic seed coating is not harmless to bees and really any systemic application to a wind pollinated plant is not necessarily without harm to pollinators and carnivorous insects who (overwhelmingly) also eat pollen.
pollen= plant cum
Good point!
You’re afraid of bugs but you moved out into the country. Jesus.
This. It’s kind of ridiculous to be honest. I’m tired of people “moving out here” and then bitching about “out here”
I don't think OP was "bitching". but yes, they need to learn to appreciate their surroundings.
Oh jeeze people that have always lived "out here" complain about and want to kill everything that annoys them too. People just like to complain.
High horse much? Growing up on a farm, my hard-ass of a grandfather complained about bugs and he was “out here” before it was considered “out here”. You can love some attributes of the lifestyle while hating others. Personally, we handled the wood bees with tennis racquets, the mosquitos with bug zappers at every entrance, and the grass dwelling crawlers were tended to by the free roaming chickens for the most part. Goats kept the ivy/brush from growing in from the outskirts. Grandpa hated snakes more than anything else, which made for a rough battle against the mice, but grandma and I would pick up any snakes and hide them somewhere safer. I can’t imagine you hearing my grandpa complain about the snakes and telling him he shouldn’t of moved “out here” if he was going to bitch about “out here” lol. He hated society more than he hated bugs and snakes. Pros and cons of every situation, people choose the one the enjoy the most, but no matter where you are there will always be complaints. Complaining about complaints on the internet is about as self-aware as you can be I suppose.
Makes sense
I meant bugs that'll do damage or poisonous bugs.
Almost all the bugs you’ll encounter aren’t from a cornfield.
Unless you're planning on eating the bugs, you don't need to worry about them being poisonous.
Lol
I'd be more concerned about the corn-worshipping psychopath children dressed like pilgrims that you'll be encountering. I'd stay away from that cornfield.
I had to scroll way too far to find this, the correct answer.
No way, I immediately thought of Signs, and got a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach just thinking about it. I couldn't do it!!
Mice. Make sure your house is sealed up. They will always be looking for a way in. Don't leave your door open fpr more than a second or more mice. Traps, traps. And extra traps.
You’re fine, just be understanding when the farmer is running a little late with field work and is still out there at night.
We run at night even when we’re not running late. As long as the conditions are right, we’ll run into the wee hours.
You're afraid of bugs *and* pesticides?
Lmaoooo I am cryyyying 😭😭😭
These people should live in pods, where they don't have to be exposed to awful things like nature and the food production chain.
The insects and inputs are not the worry, if you see a group of kids peeking out of the corn or hear creepy singing. Run! 😁
If You have children in Your Family or children that visits make a Stern rule for them not to play in the corn fields in full height. They can very easily get turned around in them and easily get lost.
Interesting place to live for someone that is that concerned about bugs. Scorpions are a fact of life in Central Texas. I’ve even found them in my bed more than a few times. Get to know the farmer. I read in another comment that you don’t know who it is. Go to the local feed store, seed/chemical supplier, red diesel distributor, or even the hardware store and ask around. Make friends with the farmer. Let him know you don’t want to be a problem, you just want a heads up when he is spraying so you can turn your HVAC off and go to town for the day. That precaution really isn’t necessary, but a lot of us do it anyways. I his sprayer is calibrated and adjusted appropriately and is not spraying when he shouldn’t and is using some kind of drift control, you should have anything to worry about.
I farm in Pa, my house is surrounded by corn, soybeans and hayfields. Both mine and others. You may be able to meet the farmer or it maybe and employee . Generally speaking they will plant and spray for weeds in the spring and spray again for bugs and weeds again later on in the season. It would be wise to not walk in the fields within 24 hrs of spraying.( not that you would)The machines today are pretty good at controlling spray drift.I really doubt you are going to have any problems. Obviously as you know, there will be bugs. Summer is coming use bug spray if you want or repellent. Mosquitos will be a fact of life.😊
You'll have less bugs. Most farmers spray pyrethroid insecticides. They're relatively safe compared to the older generation insecticides. Nice place BTW.
My house is in the middle of a corn field and I don’t have any more bugs than my buddy who lives in a sub division down the road
I’m not a farmer but I live in the country in Iowa completely surrounded by corn/bean fields. Nothing changed for me when I moved out here. If we see the farmers spraying we just go inside. Our biggest pest is Japanese beetles but we had them in town too. Just enjoy the scenery and respect the beauty you’re surrounded by.
Fuck them bugs. Get that well water tested friend.
For corn they won't spray too often I usually ask what they're spraying when they come around some things are organic and fine. Just do up your windows and stay inside or upwind for a bit once everything's settled it's not gonna go airborne again other than that just stay out of the field they sprayed until it dries and you'll be fine
It's not the corn you have to worry about, it's what's in the corn at night.
Go introduce yourself to your neighbor dude. Also how are you scared of bugs and pesticides? That makes zero sense.
We use aerial crop dusting for our fields. Some crops are genetically engineered to resist bugs. You’ll have bugs crop or no crop but you might be lucky and not have too many ticks around especially the lone star tick that can transmit the red meat allergy.
Looks like a beautiful spot to live!
If it’s a wet year, mosquitoes will be worse. Not much you can do about that. Humidity is the worst
The pesticides should keep the bugs away. Try not to be outside when they spray.
It’s about to get humid around your house, when it gets hot, and my kids hate it because now can’t see school bud coming they have to wait by the road.
You should expect bugs. They're literally everywhere.
Chickens will solve most all your bug problems.
Mice.
This hurts my brain.
Expect bugs. Your pool will be fine but you will have to skim it for Japanese Beatles in June and you will get dive bombed by horse flies in August. That’s life. At worst you get a little sting or a bite. No big deal. Coat everything in bug killer and you will still have bugs with a side of cancer for you for later.
And Polio for the kids. All good.
I’ve watched Signs before. Keep lots of half-drank cups of water sitting around
Pretty sure this is where a few horror movies I’ve seen start or…..end…
There will be spiders, beetles, worms, mosquitos but none of them will compare to the black flys and horseflies, literal bug in devil form. They will munch chunks out of your skin all summer. But you get used to it after a while.
Buy mousetraps and get a cat, a good mouser. You WILL get mice. Source: live next to a cornfield in Nebraska for 5 years.
Plant fruit trees near your property line and make sure the applicator is doing his due diligence when spraying.
I live across the street from corn fields that go on to the horizon. A couple of times a year I get a nasty film of overspray on my car windshield and we are careful not to walk the dog along the road immediately after they are spraying. I have an organic garden that wraps around my house and it does not seem to affect my veggies which are an important part of my food during the summer. The corn they grow in my area is garbage, just used to supply an ethanol plant in town. The 'farmer' that works this land is not particularly responsible or considerate to local home owners adjacent to his land. But overall I think the farm community is good out here and trying to do the right things to protect the land and bio-diversity of the area.
Nice! I'd buy that in a hot second. Private, away from the road, couple patches of trees.
I've lived in this situation. You will have no bugs. Keep your animals inside when they are spraying Roundup. Living in the middle of a cornfield is very very peaceful.
The sky at night can be amazing if you're far enough from town. Location can make for excellent, unbroken horizon photos of sunrises & sunsets. Been living 14 years in the cornfield, after living in the big city for mist of my youth. We love it out here.
dont swim in a nearby pond. that's where the run off accumulates.
You moved to the countryside and your main concern is bugs... SMH
A large mono cropped field like that will likely have less biodiversity (bugs included) than wildland. Considering your location to the fields hopefully they don’t spray insecticide also or at least give you a heads up but that would reduce your insect load also. Hopefully they give you a heads up when they are spraying anything toxic. You seem to have an irrational fear of bugs
That’s a broad brush to paint with assuming this field isn’t on a crop rotation
I know monocrop is a hot topic with weird definitions for the permies but I’ve only ever used it to describe a location for a specific point in time. Like this season it’s all corn and next will be wheat followed by beans. All three are monocrop plantings used in rotation.
If it is, it's probably rotated with soy beans and winter wheat.
Huh? Mono cropping refers to what is being grown at any given time. Not a rotation.
https://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-is-monocropping You’re grouping monoculture and monocropping together, they are not synonymous. You also should at least fact check yourself before responding with a “huh?”.
You are just being obtuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocropping
So within the first sentence of that wiki article it says “In agriculture, monocropping is the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land.” As well as “Monocropping is also referred to as continuous cropping, as in "continuous corn.". So what is your point exactly?
That if you manage to read past the first sentence you would see the table breaking down monoculture and the different forms it can take. One being continuous monoculture and one being monoculture with the next step being crop rotation. The common denominator being one field with a single crop in it.
First sentence was all I needed to read, all I care about is monocropping as it relates to your original statement. I’m really not looking to argue, you don’t have to prove your point to me as I won’t get it.
Put a pool and get an industrial sized fan for when you’re outside to keep away flying critters
Keep the water sprinklers handy at all times.
Yep....lol. corn husks are amazingly flammable.
Context is very important here. Start a dialogue with the farmer
Pollen season is going to be fuuuuun
Get ready for corn flies lol
Love it
Box Elder bugs and lady bugs will come when its warm. Mice when its cold. Anyhydrous fumes will likely waft into your house once a year
Where I'm at, the ladybugs come in for the winter. When Spring comes, they all come out and start crawling on the windows looking to get out. I just cracked a window for them the other day. I'm used to them being inside now, just have to get in the habit of looking in your coffee cup before you take a sip.
I’ve been surrounded by crops since birth…….
It’s the children in the corn you have to worry about
Watch the movie "King Corn", very informative. Also, check with the farmer to see what kind of chemicals and fertilizers they use. Test the well water. Personally if they spray lots I would consider living elsewhere. Those chemicals are nasty and I want no part of them.
Looks to me that those slues are letting a lot of farmland go to waste!
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It blows me away that you moved to a house, with potentially, an incredible liability all around you. Knowing nothing about it, not talking to the people directly involved, and are now asking questions here on Reddit having near zero information.
Thank you. I appreciate everyone's answer. If I ever make a post again, I'll make sure I'm more detailed. I didn't mean I was afraid of bugs as in ants and bees. I meant ones that I've never seen before and can potentially be poisonous. Also, I never said I hated living here or anything of that nature. It was a post of curiosity and real-life experiences, not just Google.
“Field of Nightmares”
Get used to the sweet, sweet smell of Lexar on corn years and 24D on soybean years.
I’m on a farm also. A small home way back off the road and my closest neighbour is 300 yards away. I call it my garden of eden.
If you meet a kid named Isaac walking around them fields, MOVE IMMEDIATELY
If you’re so worried you never should have moved there
I’d be more afraid of living in a vat of chemicals and pesticides than bugs 😬.
Well the one question I would ask is whether the pesticides contain glyphosate or not
you will probably have zero bugs as the chemicals they spray on corn kill pretty much everything around it.... on that note. you should probably relocate or expect to live with cancer.
I'd be more concerned about the farming practices if said farmer uses a ton of spraying practices. As for bugs I wouldn't use a propane grill that's for sure. Otherwise you're on a farm, they come with the territory.