Farmer overspray

[tooleman]

I was out doing some yard work about 20ft from my property line and a farmer was spraying something??? I would like to know do I have any rights as to how close the farmer can plant to the property line??? It seems that he plants right up to the line. Thanks for any help you can give


Thanks for the comments everyone I guess at the time I was out doing the yard work I over reacted a little. I was tring to get some things squared away for my apple trees this year and it just caught me off gaurd.

 

[jeremy]

I was out doing some yard work about 20ft from my property line and a farmer was spraying something??? I would like to know do I have any rights as to how close the farmer can plant to the property line??? It seems that he plants right up to the line. Thanks for any help you can give

Does the Farmer have Rights to how close you plant towards the Property Line?!

 

[Brandon]

You had the right to go inside or somewhere else while the farmer was spraying.

 

[IndianaSlim]

Yes. You have the right to buy a bigger piece of ground. How would owning your parcel have any bearing whatsoever on what your neighbor farmer does on his ground?


How about you try this approach. Next time you see him out there go offer him a cold drink. Or just say hi. Or ask him to go for a round in the tractor. Chances have it he's a pretty decent guy.

 

[Arm America]

I'm guessing the farm ground that he's working was there prior to buildings of homes.

While it might cause you and/or pets a temporary irritant,
I doubt that it's lethal or he would be planted himself.

Its his ground, he will probably work the ground and plant right up to the line.

 

[jd4320t]

The best thing you can do is talk to him. Most farmers do a great job of making sure they don't spray peoples yards.

Whatever you do don't burn bridges with the farmers around you. You'll need them before they'll ever need you.

 

[42769vette]

The best thing you can do is talk to him. Most farmers do a great job of making sure they don't spray peoples yards.

Whatever you do don't burn bridges with the farmers around you. You'll need them before they'll ever need you.

i ask the farmer to try and overspray and he usually does. i only use liquid weadeaters. every drop he over sprays is one less drop i have to buy.

if it wasn't so expensive id pave my yard and paint it green

 

[bigdawgtrucks]

http://www.isco.purdue.edu/pesticide/pest_pdf/drift_rule.pdf

 

[sinnful]

I being a farmer will say that we do our absolute best to never overspray. Now that being said I offer you this. How close can you grow grass to the property line. I don't mean to sound offensive by any means but really think about it.

 

[chuckp]

That chemical he is spraying is expensive and over spray will cost them a lot of wasted money over their field/fields. I really don't think that you will have much of a problem. Do you have any plants next to the property line that you are worrying about?

Chuck

 

[Ogre]

My guess was he was spraying Anhydrous Ammonia, at least thats what I have seen farmers spraying recently. If it was, you'd know it. It's pretty strong. BTW, Im not a farmer, but I was taking my best guess, and I DIDNT stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

 

[x10]

your best bet is ask him to overspray some lime and fertelizer, and if its herbacide replant your yard,

Sorry I don't have much sympathy for housing additions and people cutting into farm fields to build houses,

Yes I'm a jerk but I"m ok with it.

I don't know a farmer that wouldn't meet you in the middle on fixing an overspray problem but Don't go get in his face and tell him you'll have him shut down and sue and whaaaa whaaa wahaaaaaaaaa,

Don't mess with your food supply

 

[capn willie]

I feel bad for the OP
Poor guy buys a house, and some farm grows up around it after the purchase.

Countin down the days to June
Can't wait to see how many cars I can back up behind my hay wagons

 

[JStarr]

you also have the right to talk to him and tell him to stop inching in on your property. you need to make sure hes isnt coming onto your land. we own a lot of ground and the farmers are always trying to inch in on us so i just hammered 5 foot metal rods into the ground on my property line. last tiime we had checked they had move 15 feet onto our land and so we took them to court now the farmer has is being forced to pay us for the past 10 years for the use of our land... I think if everyone does what my wife and i did they wouldnt think that all of the land is theirs.

 

[ghuns]

My guess was he was spraying Anhydrous Ammonia, at least thats what I have seen farmers spraying recently. If it was, you'd know it. It's pretty strong. BTW, Im not a farmer, but I was taking my best guess, and I DIDNT stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

If it was anhydrous, your grass will grow like it's on roids. Probably not though as it is injected and not sprayed. We lease our land out now days and when I told our farmer that I was planting some grass he offered to run through the area with anhydrous. Went out a few days later and hydroseeded it. Grass grew like nothing I've ever seen, just on the exact 30 inch centerlines of the tines on his applicator.

 

[hooky]

Look into a line fence if you don't already have one. If you've already got one, then keep it up and don't worry about how close he's planting to it on his side.

Good Fences = Good Neighbors.

 

[Hotdoger]

My guess was he was spraying Anhydrous Ammonia, at least thats what I have seen farmers spraying recently. If it was, you'd know it. It's pretty strong. BTW, Im not a farmer, but I was taking my best guess, and I DIDNT stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

Anhydrous Ammonia isn't "sprayed". It is incorporated into the soil through "knives" that run below the soil surface. Since it is a gas "spaying" it wouln't be very useful. LOL

 

[Hotdoger]

BTW I know a certain homeowner that complains about anything a adjacent farmer does. Several load of all natural manure now gets spread on fields close to that homeowner.

 

[Bang-bang]

You had the right to go inside or somewhere else while the farmer was spraying.

The farmer must not harm anybody, that being said, be a good person and allow his work. his spraying will only last a short minute or 10.

 

[Adrian8]

Are there any "rights" as to how close you can stand to your property line.? Sounds like a good condo in town might be the ticket.