[AT] OT Land prices was RE: B Allis

[Dean VP]

Ron:

Gee Whiz, Sioux County is moving your way. Good way to upgrade the
neighborhood. :-) It is beyond my comprehension how DNR would allow a
confinement/dairy yard close to wet lands.  That makes no sense at all. I
suspect you have hit the nail on the head. There has to be some under the
table money involved. 

There is a relatively new and huge Dairy East of Struble, IA that I
understand was established by California/Dutch dairymen. I suspect they got
run out of California by the regulations. I'm sure the new Iowa DNR
regulations have them a bit nervous. I know they have been paying premium
dollar for any land around them.  That whole dairy output is going to Wells
Ice cream too as far as I know. 


Years ago when we visited Iowa, with the kids, they complained a bit about
the cattle, hog and dairy yard smells and we called that the "Essence of
Iowa" and from our historical backgrounds it wasn't all that bad. But each
year we visit, the overwhelming smell seems to be getting worse and worse.
Bigger and bigger confinement yards with more and more concentration of
animals in one place. Not good for the environment. Pretty soon, if they
haven't formed already, you will have organized groups we call NIMBY's out
here on the West Coast.  NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard.  And I don't blame
them one bit. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT Land prices was RE: B Allis

They do seem to have a lot of money.  This Blue Bunny/Mouw stinking dairy 
they built a couple miles from my home is a very big mistake that was made 
by someone.  More likely someone was paid off.  The DNR certainly had their 
head up where they can't see.  Surrounded by land that has been turned back 
into wetlands the last few years.  Manure lagoons in wetlands???  Not only 
hard to believe, but downright stupid.  Just wait for a wet year.  It is 
brand new and already stinks so bad you can't stand being downwind.  Of 
course I think all corners are being cut and nothing will change until 
issues are forced.

By the way, Dallas, I sold my B Allis with an excellent L306 Woods deck for 
$1500.  I only lost about a grand on that little deal.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
>Land prices around the big dairies in western Iowa are also insane! The 
>rent around some of the dairies by LeMars is $240.00 and acre. The 
>standing offer by a couple of the dairies is $5000.00 an acre. One poor 
>old boy had 30 acres adjoining some land that a dairy owned. When 
>approached about the amount to sell his land. He laughed and said 
>$250,000.00. figuring that would end it. He was surprised when the dairy 
>owner pulled out his checkbook and said sold. That is over $8000.00 and 
>acre!   Dallas

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