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730 virgil

09-22-2005 15:50:25




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Harley and guys from MO. is Elmo Mo. good area for crop farming ? How is weather in winter ? As i said before want to get out Il. weather and paying to keep Chicago going .




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Stum

09-23-2005 12:23:35




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
Why Mo. Try here www.agbrazil.com



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John (MO)

09-23-2005 06:58:42




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
Hey Virgil, looks to me like it would be a pretty good area. If you want to check out the average weather, and the population and that kind of stuff, look at this website for Maryville.



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James2

09-22-2005 18:44:14




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
I think you are on the correct path, but even in MO prices have gone up considerably. FBFM accountant owns several farms in N.Mo and has been satisfied with the returns. I had a few extra dollars to purchase more ground, so he recommended that I go and take a look around. Made plans to go see. However before the trip, decided I didn't want to move at this age (55) and start over farming in a new community. Maybe as a retired person, but not as a farmer. If retirement is the issue, then N Mo is not the location. At that time I could buy roughly 3X more ground in N Mo than C. Ill. Although that generally included some pasture it also included a decent house and buildings/bins vs bare ground in C Ill. Personally if you don't mind moving and the family gives you the thumbs up, I would give this option much consideration.

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Brown Dirt Cowboy

09-22-2005 17:32:00




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
730 virgil, I live about 20 miles from where Illmo, MO used to be. I say used to be because Illmo and Scott City went together a few yrs ago and is now known as Scott City. If you look on the map Scott City is 100 miles south of St Louis and 5 miles south of Cape Girardeau. As far as farming there is a tremendous amount of rowcropping around here. You can find river bottoms abd creek bottoms and hill ground. They raise all the regular crops around here, corn, wheat, soybeans, milo and if you go another 40 to50 miles you will find potatos,cotton, watermelons, and rice. I have lived here all my life and don't want to live anywhere else. If you would like e-mail me and we will talk more. Tom

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RustyFarmall

09-22-2005 17:27:58




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
Elmo, Mo. is closer to me here in Southwest Iowa. Lots of corn and soybeans raised around there, seems to be very productive farmground, a little bit hilly but generally lays pretty good. You will find all three of the major farm machinery dealers just to the north in Clarinda, Ia.



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Harley

09-22-2005 17:11:00




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 15:50:25  
Honestly can't tell you, cause I can't find Elmo on the map, and don't know where it is. Basically there is a line along I-70 between Kansas City and St. Louis and north of that line the weather is like Iowa and northern Illinois without the lake effect snow. South of that line it is usually about 10-15 degrees warmer on a whole, and usually a lot less snow in the winter. Like I said, as far as crops go, I can't tell you cause I don't know where Elmo is. However, the dry side of a rock in the desert would beat Chicago on a BAD day. WAY too many people. Been there done that driving a semi. If you can be more specific, I'll try and get back to you again with more help. Harley

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RustyFarmall

09-22-2005 18:15:13




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to Harley, 09-22-2005 17:11:00  
Harley, probably won't find it in the big road atlas, Elmo doesn't amount too very much. If you follow US highway 71 south from Iowa, through Braddyville, and on down to Clearmont, Mo., and then go east, you will find Elmo. But don't get lost in the whoops and switchbacks. Some people have ventured in to that area and we never saw them again, some of the fine folks that live in that area don't want to be found.

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730 virgil

09-22-2005 19:43:49




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to RustyFarmall, 09-22-2005 18:15:13  
i would like a place i can run a few cows ( we have Registered Scottish Highlands ) some place where i can plant some corn and beans . I don't want to get somewhere that we end up with lots of ice , snow and cold weather . Harley Elmo is just south of Iowa state line near Marysville in Nodaway county .



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Jimmy King

09-23-2005 01:05:25




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-22-2005 19:43:49  
Southwest Mo, Barton, Jasper, Dade, Cedar, Vernon, Newton, Lawrence Counties. You can find some land very suitable for beans and corn. and not as severe of winters as you will have at Elmo. as a Rule. Also over in the bootheel, the same, close to Brown Dirt Cowboy



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730 virgil

09-23-2005 06:49:55




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to Jimmy King, 09-23-2005 01:05:25  
I have been wondering about weather at Elmo ,which is on line between Bloomington and Sprinfield Il. They can have some pretty rough weather , but not as long a time as we have up here on Il Wi state line . Do you have any of the problems with big city people ging out there ? We are close enough to Chicago those critters come out here with their money and attitudes treat us commoners like the stuff i get on my boots when i check my cows and
wonder why we don't stoop and kiss to up to them . My wife livied in that area most of her life until this farm kid saved her . Susie just hates in there any more to many people , cars , stores ,
streets and then you have to noise and the feeling it's all of top of you. What takes the cake is they come out here to get away from and then bring that stuff with them ,as they can't live with out it . How are newcomers welcomed to these areas in Mo ?

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RustyFarmall

09-23-2005 07:19:12




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to 730 virgil, 09-23-2005 06:49:55  
Virgil, you shouldn't have any problem with the big city people moving that direction for a very long time. Kansas city folks are migrating North towards St.Joseph, and St. Joseph is migrating slowly towards Maryville. A few Maryville people are moving North, but at a very slow pace, and this migration has not gone much past a couple of miles. Elmo is not located on a major highway, most of the city people don't even know it exists. Cattle, corn, soybeans, and hay is pretty much the name of the game.

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730 virgil

09-24-2005 14:29:08




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 Re: mo.farming in reply to RustyFarmall, 09-23-2005 07:19:12  
Rusty what are winters like in your area ? The cold etc . gives Mrs 730 bad time



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