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Royse

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This little hay field was for sale near me, so I made an offer on it.
I got a call this morning that said my offer was accepted.
It's just over 2 acres, 482 feet of frontage on a paved road.
This is an older picture I swiped from Google maps.
That's corn to the left where the property ends that way.
The buildings are not included, property ends just shy of there.
The big old Walnut tree next to the road is included.
I'm wondering if I should keep it in hay or if two acres is worth working.
Its currently mostly grass in an older stand of alfalfa.
The rest of my land is leased out, but I doubt he'd be interested
in a two mile side trip for just two acres.
What do you think?

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Maybe you can find whoever is farming the land that borders yours. No one is going very far for two acres, or going put anything in it that isn't right beside it.
 
I bought a 5 acre hayfield about 2 miles from me
just last month, mostly as an investment as it is a
nice buildable lot. Currently being hayed and I
think I will just continue to hay it until someone
decides to pay me too much for it so they can build
a house there. I gotta think land is a great
investment now that it looks like most of the
foreclosures are dried up and new construction
building has begun. Just my thoughts. Congrats on
your purchase!!
 
That was kind of my thinking too Paul.
Can't see him running 2 miles over there if all he's got on that road is 2 acres.
I might run my antiques over there and farm it for a hobby.
Who knows.
 
Reselling it is always an option.
I'm a bit tired of the 1/8 acre tracts with trailers on them
that have been popping up around this area though.
Not that there's anything wrong with trailers, but the way they have
been wedging them in on lots measured in inches seems ridiculous.
So if nothing else, this should remain decent looking land.
 
i dont see it being profitable once you add in the transport cost and time of equipment from your place to here, to work 2 acres but do you have a tractor club in your area? this could be used to work, grow and harvest something using only antique equipment, the times could be posted when work is to be done so people could attend, younger folks could see first hand just how hard our elders and some here had to work to farm back in the day, and give the equipment owners a place to run their old iron as it was intended to be run the crop could be even sold in sample bags to benefit the club maybe you could get a cut too
 
That would certainly make it more fun!
Minus parking space, its almost too small for that even.
Most profitable would be to divide it and sell it for building lots.
I just don't want to do that.
Here's another thought I had.
I've known the man who owns the surrounding property for
about 40 years. He's a farmer and an antique tractor collector.
I can leave this as a hay field, maybe sell a few small squares
and care for it properly.
If he sees this well taken care of, when he's ready to sell his
I might stand a better chance of buying that too.
They put up the hay last year. I plan to ask them if they want to
put it up again this year since I'm sure he has some investment in it.
 
Get a soil sample. A lot of folks don't care for their alfalfa properly. Probably neds some P & K applied.
 
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