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NJ... a land of contrast

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Zilly

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I'm sure many of you have heard and seen all of the negatives that NJ has to offer, but today was such a gorgeous day, I decided to snap a few photos of the positives. And if the photo gallery stops giving me fits, I'll upload more as I take them. And sorry for the quality, they were taken with a camera phone.

View out my front door.
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Just a view.
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Sod. A few years back before the housing market crashed these fields would have all been planted in sod. Now, there is just a patch here and there.
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Jersey maters all staked and ready to go.
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Cowtown Rodeo. Link to its history http://www.cowtownrodeo.com/Default.asp
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Cowtown cowboy
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Corn planted at the beginning of the end of the continental United States. The water in the background is tidal water that flows into the Delaware Bay just a few miles down stream and then out into the Atlantic.
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And finally, if any are interested in expanding eastward here is a nice 160+ acre farm that could be yours for the small sum of $750,000. I'll tend to your cows if you buy... :lol:
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Its about time you posted some pictures!! I don't see any bovines though. :P How is the job going?
 
Oh shucks, I forgot the critter picture!

Critters
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As for the job...I'm still getting paid, but we are slooooow. We had some bad storms blow through Friday night and I thought that would make some work for us, but even that didn't do the trick. Makes for a real long day, especially when we got a gift of a day like today. The three H's (Hazy, Hot, Humid) were nowhere to be found. Not at all usual for this time of year.
 
Faster horses said:
Big Muddy rancher said:
We found your three H's here today. :shock:
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Do you have smoke up your way, BMR?
We do and Mr. FH thinks its from the fires around Helena.
How hot was it there today? `108 here and was still 100 F
at 8 pm. Supposed to get down to 58 tonight--that's a 50
degree difference. Sure makes it hard on cattle when the
temps vary that much.

Our humidity this morning was only 9%.
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burnt said:
Has that land value changed much in the past couple of years?
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It has stayed about the same. This piece of property is so "cheap" because it is deed restricted. Basically, the state has paid the owner for the development rights. This is the only way farmers can afford land around here, buy it for market value, and then get in on the preservation program. Even after they do that, I don't know how they make it cash flow.

As much as I hated to see the housing market crash, it was a good thing for this area. Pretty much all developement has stopped and those farms who were going to sell to developers had their contracts pulled back by the developers, so a lot have put their land in preservation. How having all this preserved land in a highly populated state is going to turn out, is going to be interesting to see.
 
Zilly said:
burnt said:
Has that land value changed much in the past couple of years?
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It has stayed about the same. This piece of property is so "cheap" because it is deed restricted. Basically, the state has paid the owner for the development rights. This is the only way farmers can afford land around here, buy it for market value, and then get in on the preservation program. Even after they do that, I don't know how they make it cash flow.

As much as I hated to see the housing market crash, it was a good thing for this area. Pretty much all developement has stopped and those farms who were going to sell to developers had their contracts pulled back by the developers, so a lot have put their land in preservation. How having all this preserved land in a highly populated state is going to turn out, is going to be interesting to see.
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Interesting. We have the exact same situation around our larger urban centers. But it sounds like your landowners are being taken care of better than ours.

It just grates on any decent farmer's sensibilities to see good farmland stripped and paved over.
 

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