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Left work to go turkey hunting on a spot where I've taken turkey for many years.
Here is some history. Its river bottom land. I have 65 acres of wheat on it, and some timber along the river bank.
This year with wheat predicted to be high, I wanted to do a test plot of some new variety of wheat, that put out 52 bushels per acre. Did all of the soil testing, put in the fertilizer at the recommended rate, (at $425 a ton, with several tons put down) put in the wheat, and last week its lush green.
Today, going out turkey hunting, I walked into the field where its knee high now, and as I walked further into the field, it was turning yellow and wilting. The further I walked, the worse it got. I finally realized that the jerk to the north of the fence line that raises corn has sprayed his field and got a really good kill on mine.
We are talking serious money here...... not chump change.
The guy has a spray rig business, so he knows better. Three years ago he hired a dozer to put a trench on his place, and had a 30' cattle trailer full of partialially full chemicals parked next to it that I saw through binoculars. Called DEQ, and they shut him down. He was going to bury the crap, and have it leach into the river over time.......BS!!!
I left the field and drove to his house, to confront the jerk and get what justice I could, but nobody answered the door.
Now I don't know what to do. I'm calling DEQ in the morning, but I don't know what they can do.
I know what I want to do
I did take pics.
Here is my knee high wheat, in an area outside of the spray drift.
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Here is the wheat in the spray drift area:
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Here is a pic of the weeds in his corn field. Obvious wilting to spray!
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Here is some history. Its river bottom land. I have 65 acres of wheat on it, and some timber along the river bank.
This year with wheat predicted to be high, I wanted to do a test plot of some new variety of wheat, that put out 52 bushels per acre. Did all of the soil testing, put in the fertilizer at the recommended rate, (at $425 a ton, with several tons put down) put in the wheat, and last week its lush green.
Today, going out turkey hunting, I walked into the field where its knee high now, and as I walked further into the field, it was turning yellow and wilting. The further I walked, the worse it got. I finally realized that the jerk to the north of the fence line that raises corn has sprayed his field and got a really good kill on mine.
We are talking serious money here...... not chump change.
The guy has a spray rig business, so he knows better. Three years ago he hired a dozer to put a trench on his place, and had a 30' cattle trailer full of partialially full chemicals parked next to it that I saw through binoculars. Called DEQ, and they shut him down. He was going to bury the crap, and have it leach into the river over time.......BS!!!
I left the field and drove to his house, to confront the jerk and get what justice I could, but nobody answered the door.
Now I don't know what to do. I'm calling DEQ in the morning, but I don't know what they can do.
I know what I want to do
I did take pics.
Here is my knee high wheat, in an area outside of the spray drift.
Here is the wheat in the spray drift area:
Here is a pic of the weeds in his corn field. Obvious wilting to spray!
