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I live in Dekorra WI. I never had anything against farmers until I owned land next to a couple. One farmer who is also on the town board here actually believed he did not have to follow the state law on no trespassing. This farmer went on an acre of our land, sprayed round up and killed all the grass/clover/alfalfa and planted his soybeans. He then harvested his soybeans within inches around our NO TRESPASSING signs. He left the ground barren and now all that grows is thistles and now they are complaining about the thistles. Can you believe that? And this farmer serves on our town board. See why my user name is runfromdekorra. I mean it. You would be foolish to come here. And believe it or not he is not the only one here that thinks they truly are above the law. I have other personal experiences. These people are crazy.
File a lawsuit, make him pay damages and such teach the SOB a lesson. Charge for crop loss and he has to replant with what was lost, what could charge land rental, and if farm was considered a organic could bust for that also.
Most farmers would not do things like that as know property lines and if needed the extra land would offered to rent it. This sounds like a crop farmer that thinks rules all land in area and can and will do what wants until someone pulls the plug out of his behind. Fences help also and can make pay for half the fence so never happens again.
Does seem like an out of the ordinary experience. I live in the countryside among many farmers, and have found them to be extremely helpful and considerate, by and large.
Thanks for replying. Just an update. The farmer that trespassed and is not complaining about the thistles.....I received a letter in the mail from an attorney he hired for the thistles and saying I am harassing them and I hadn't talk to them since we put up a fence last fall. They contacted us about the thistles. So if there is any harassment going on it is them harassing us. Unbelievable.
Is there a dispute about the property line? Has the farmer been using that land for a number of years? He may be able to claim a perscriptive easement if he has been farming it, undisputed, for a certain number of years depending on local law. Property rights are not always very straightforward, depending on the circumstances. If it's that important to you, it might be wise to have lawyers sort it out.
I live in Dekorra WI. I never had anything against farmers until I owned land next to a couple. One farmer who is also on the town board here actually believed he did not have to follow the state law on no trespassing. This farmer went on an acre of our land, sprayed round up and killed all the grass/clover/alfalfa and planted his soybeans. He then harvested his soybeans within inches around our NO TRESPASSING signs. He left the ground barren and now all that grows is thistles and now they are complaining about the thistles. Can you believe that? And this farmer serves on our town board. See why my user name is runfromdekorra. I mean it. You would be foolish to come here. And believe it or not he is not the only one here that thinks they truly are above the law. I have other personal experiences. These people are crazy.
I believe the gentleman needs a wake-up call.
Next time he does something like this on YOUR land, simply wait for his crop (again, the portion on your land) to break the soil, then rent a plow and disc up the land he planted.
FYI, I'm not a lawyer, but Wisconsin has a law against overspray should he claim that is why your land is now fallow.
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