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Originally Posted by Paulox86
I'll end my thoughts right here...not blaming DU because I understand what they do and why they do it. Ducks=Cash
But the planting of standing crops for no other purpose other than the feeding, breeding, holding, and killing of ducks is wrong. I agree that DU does help with the breeding aspect. But once the season starts then continuous feeding and holding should not happen in those spots. Hunt them out of those areas. No food plus hunters will move ducks south. The planting of standing crops that remain unharvested should no be hunted. Once that is stopped then the corn crops for ducks only will stop. Thus allowing the natural migration to happen as it has for centuries.
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I tend to agree with that. And yes, du pays to flood corn. But they are simply following their charter of trying to save habitat. Allowing people to hunt on that flooded corn is another issue. I believe manipulating crops in ways that are not part of the natural agricultural process should be considered baiting. Flooded corn is not part of the natural farming process.
My point is though, that we have to look at what is giving farmers incentive to plant all this corn in the first place. And that my friends is due to government manufactured demand of ethanol. We should also look at why farmers down here are moving more and more to sugar cane. I don't know enough about the solution to that to comment intelligently. I can only guess its because there is less money in rice. maybe DU and Delta could help subsidize Louisiana rice farmers more.