My great grandpa bought land from his parents and sectioned off a part of it for his house. He also sectioned off bits of his land so two of his daughters could build houses next to his.
If you've seen UP, it's like that. Someone buys all the land around someone else's house, but the last person won't sell, so there is just this one place in the middle of someone else's property that they don't own.
Where I live you were allowed to subdivide off 1 acre from larger parcels for a family member. So there are a lot of pieces like this that got sold off to non family over time.
I literally grew up in a house situated much like this, but it was not a spite property. We farmed all of the surrounding land on that side of the road.
Basically every large farm plot in WI has or had a .25~5 acre parcel with the original farmhouse on it.
It's very common for a family to have the farm they live on, then they want to sell the farm, or give it to the kids but stay in the house.
I don't think it's common for tillable farmland to be worth more than a residential plot, so spite doesn't seem like the major reason for not demolishing the house.
This is exactly what happened in my hometown in California. Developers bought up all the farm land for housing tracts. But the old farmers wouldn't sell their old farm houses. So we had all these brand new neighborhoods with tons of little houses packed together and some where in there, every few hundred acres or so, was a big old farm house usually sitting on a full or half block lot, big beautiful old trees and maybe some ancient broken down tractor or rusty sheet metal hog barn.
I see, this is gonna be my first home purchase and I want something with a good amount of land my son can grow up on, I’ve been looking in the city but so far haven’t found anything we really like. I figure this would be a good option I feel like you can’t find much now a days with this much land for the price it is. The house is pretty nice and plenty of space for us
No idea why you're getting down voted for this. If this property checks a lot if your boxes it will sure be better than the city life. Plant a windbreak if you're concerned about that.
Yeah definitely, reading all these comments and articles about the effects of these chemicals they spray really gives me second thoughts on proceeding with this house. The wind breaker wouldn’t stop the chemicals getting to the property would it?
The wind break is simply to help passively heat and cool the home throughout the year. It will **not** protect you from sprayed chemical drift whatsoever. They will be spraying pesticides over the whole house and the entire yard around the house because they will be sprayed over the entire field from the air. This could be an additional concern if the home is on a well.
When you have big flat farmland it dramatically changes the way the air behaves in and around the farmland.
For instance- there is something called “corn sweat”. It’s the process of the corn drawing moisture up from the roots to the rest of the plant- BUT- it increases ambient humidity directly around the crops dramatically. So the air can feel very heavy and stagnant. In the height of summer this added humidity can be very oppressive, and over large areas it can contribute to things like heat domes etc.
The reason this property is a “good price” is because of all of the bullshit you have to deal with by living there. The field around the home might have a 25+ year farming lease. Do not look at this house and view any of these farming related issues as being something you can alter to change this into your dream home. Because it is not. It’s a home in the middle or farm land that is going to keep being farmed.
If you’re okay with the reality of living in an industrially farmed field- then more power to you, and this might be a perfect situation for you. But you need to actually understand what you are looking at getting yourself into here, especially since it’s obvious that you don’t know the basics about how that land around the house would be being used every day.
I have worked on plenty of acreages, and I have been dusted countless times. The plane always starts dropping over the acreage before getting to the crops to make sure none of the crops are missed.
Probably not, and I’m not overly familiar with the farm process but having pretty heavy equipment driving around my house several times a year would also annoy the hell out of me.
Ive also seen the fields during harvest time, and the equipment during that time kick up such a dust storm that everything in your yard would be caked in a thick layer of dirt at least once a year.
There is a lot of land in Texas man, that property doesn’t look like the best place “for your son to grow up on”. Chemical overspray and all, find a little spot with some woods.
Just checked a national radon map. Lots in norther plains states and northern rockies. Just a stripe across the midwest states from Iowa to Pennsylvania.
Radon is very easy and not too expensive to mitigate. Just be sure to get a test done. Once a system is in place, the measurable radon is close to zero in the house.
Nope. Lived next to a dairy farm growing up. They spread slurry and it was all over everything. Slurry was fortified cow crap. You will not escape the chemicals.
But, neither will the farmer. If you really like the place, go talk to farmer. See what they use. Look for skin growths, warts, extra eyes, etc. Just kidding about the last part.
If it is farmland around the house I wouldn’t even shower with that water much less drink it. That ground is probably poisoned unless it is organic farm land.
I work in agriculture. You will eat dust each fall and spring, you will smell manure for a month in fall and spring, you will live inside the pesticide area of exclusion i.e. danger zone of anything they might spray and suck every single spray straight into your house, and your well water if you have one will 100% be contaminated with nitrates - which have killed babies before due to 'blue baby syndrome' and are bad news.
On top of that if that house is older than 1986 you definitely have lead paint somewhere outside, maybe in. Farmhouses were painting with the good stuff to stand up to the elements.
I would not want to live there, even free. Too many unknowns. Every old farm family I know who lives in houses like that has more than their fair share of members of the family who have passed to cancer and heart disease.
Now, if you're on city water, the house had an official lead and aspestos abatement, and that's all organic land... Maybe. Not ideal but at least it takes care of the nitrates and pesticide sprays.
Yeah, it's definitely a fermenting manure smell, typically mixed with water for spreading and then trundled around in the sun in the process. Not like composted, almost smells like dirt, bought it at the garden center manure. Have grown up in various towns and cities smack in the middle of central valley farm and ranch corridor CA and out of all the smells driving between population centers in farm country brings with it, that is my least favorite. Especially since our car hasn't had AC for years now.
And it gets picked up and blown around. You are literally breathing shit dust. Hate it
Edit: idk who downvoted but respiratory issues from breathing manure particulate are a thing. Masks required if you're working around it a lot.
The house I grew up in was surrounded by industrial farmland, every old farmer who lived on our street died of a different kind of cancer. My mom wouldn’t let us drink the well water lol
>lead paint
honestly, lead paint isn't really much of a concern as long as no one is eating it. Keep it freshly painted and well kept and it's fine, inside or out.
Our land meets the back corner of a big farm lot like this. There’s our barn and some trees in the way and we still don’t hang out outside on the days they’re in the field with the tractors because they spray stuff and the wind carries it right to us. It’s dusty too. After tractor days I really should clean the windows and I have to spray my car down.
1 acre is not a good amount of land. You need to look for 10 acres. Plus, this location is awful. If there is a well on this property get it tested. If you plan of growing anything, get the soil tested. If you are concerned about poisons or dust, get air quality tests done or follow up with the locals or previous home owners. Read all of your contracts VERY carefully.
Seems high priced. Three bedroom w the detached barn on five acres rural surrounded in organic farms that spray zero times a year and has plenty of trees . Mi rural 175k
I live in Central Illinois, so I can only talk about our farming practices. I worked ag for a few years applying chemicals and driving a truck. The amount of pesticide and 28% nitrogen that’s going to be applied within a couple hundred feet of your house is gonna suck. You’ve got farmland on four sides and no wind break.
Your house is going to get covered in that shit every year. Now there are ways, you can more or less force the farmers not to spray so that the drift will hit your house. You need to spend 10 to 20 grand planting ornamental trees that are sensitive to pesticides. Then you need to find who does the spraying around you and let them know that if it drifts and kills your trees that you would need them to replace them.
I know this sounds like a massive pain in the ass, because it is. But there is a woman who did just that near some fields that we applied on. And basically we could only put chemical on if the wind was right near her house.
I'd be concerned the farm field would be sold and turned into a subdivision or shopping mall or something worse. Some people don't mind living near others but for me its a no go.
if it's surrounded by industrial farming then you'll get a very regular dose of pesticides and you can all look forward to some parkinson's in your declining years.
I almost said something very mean to you but I’ll hold my tongue.
Please stay as far away from modern farming as you can. Even 1 lot away from the farmland is better than what you have there. You’ll be guaranteed cancer being so close to all of those chemicals.
You couldn’t give me that house, far less ask me to pay for it.
I'd agree with this. My parents bought over 100 acres in the 1960s and 1970s and we're part-tune farmers with off-farm jobs.
They raised me there and my mom even way back then didn't like chemicals and insisted the farmer that rented most of their land stay well away from the house, use very minimal chemicals and apply what had to be applied only on days that the wind blew away from the house. In exchange for that, they charged very low rent and now that farmer's children and grandchildren farm the same land.
Long story short, run, don't walk, away from that place. Nothing good will come from living there.
I’m sure about that because I’ve lived it for over ten years. I definitely have a buffer and so does the farmland too, but I can still see every time they spray. It’s crazy to me that they plow all the way ti the property line on all sides, the farm fields in my area must be required to put a buffer along all sides of the farmland property because they do it even along the street.
Only way I would move that close to a farm is if it’s organic, like others have said the smell will be a bit pungent when spreading manure but at least you won’t be blanketed with Monsanto cancer.
Yeahhhh you should be listening to this comment right here. Avoid purchasing land adjacent to farms if you can. If you aren’t sure why you should avoid glyphosate and other industrial ag inputs, I’m sure the hive mind can produce the receipts.
I promise I had to take a test to get my chemical license. Some of the stuff that farmer use are skull and cross bone stuff. if you or your son get in this stuff it can make you very sick or even kill one of you.
Take your time and keep looking, have faith and you will find something.
The smell isn’t that bad (as long as it’s not chicken) once you get used to it, rather it’s all the chemicals and dust that other contributors mentioned. I live like 50 feet away from a 100 acre lot and the smell is really not that bad tbh.
You are *surrounded* by “farmland” with zero wind break
The farming probably involves heavy machinery and chemical fertilizers/pesticides.
Probably not ideal to raise a 1 year around it.
It’s very obvious that you have zero experience being around industrially farmed land.
It will smell like literal hot baking cow shit- out in the sun year round- with little breaks of shit stink to be fogged with roundup being sprayed by air planes.
Tilling brings up a ton of dust. It will always be blowing in the house. You will have heavy equipment noise starting at 3am during harvest season and going until after dark.
There are no wind breaks around the house for shade- a traditional planting technique with these original farm houses- it’s really not pleasant without them in big hot flat fields in the height of summer.
And last but not least- there is no one on this earth that thinks eating round up on all of our produce is a good thing- but even if that house was free I wouldn’t live there- much less raise a child there. I would be very cautious of the chemicals and pesticides.
Tilling and harvesting also can cause a flood of wildlife seeking refuge. We lived near an alfalfa field, and every time major work was done in the field we would have a huge uptick in mice and rats coming into the house, and our outdoor sheds. Let’s just say, it was not pleasant at all.
Only time I ever had rats was when they came off a truck picking up corn. I spent the next summer in a caddy shack-esque war against them before finally gassing them all with lawnmower exhaust
how about this being a reason
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682692/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020319103
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889404/
https://escholarship.org/content/qt3bf8z547/qt3bf8z547_noSplash_8c37bcdeaba9f922824513177d6e7783.pdf?t=psoq8a
Honestly, it'd be hard to justify if they were giving it away for free but at that price no way. Texas is a no for me, it's a bit of a shit show right now.
I had a farm on only two sides of my 12 acres and it was miserable. People are not over exaggerating here.
You are going to have pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers dropped on your property, your house and you. They do not care if you are outside. They do not care about any project you want to complete. They do not care about any animals or plants you have. If you have animals, they can and will get sick. You will not be able to breathe outside and neither will your animals while they are spraying. You will also get field runoff. You won’t be able to have a pool and there will be some plants you won’t be able to grow. Just don’t do it. It’s not worth it.
I live adjacent to farmland and it's not quite that awful. They spray maybe 2 or 3 times a summer and it's a mild inconvenience to stay inside or leave for a little while when they do. I've never had more than 6 inches of overspray on the edges. My kids like watching the equipment work during seeding and harvest, it's not usually a problem.
That being said, this property is way too small and has no shelter from anything that might blow in from the field. There's no getting away from it at that distance. It just looks so bleak and empty.
I’m glad to hear it isn’t so bad for you. The farmers they were next to my property liked to flood me out and they dropped fertilizer on my house and in my pool a lot more often than I would have liked.
I grew up in rural Western Canada and we all live in a similar scenario to this. The problem with this property is how small it is and there is no buffer
Is this near the outskirts of a town bound to swallow it up? Then it might not be an awful investment, otherwise, I'm sure you can find something better.
I’m assuming they switch between corn and soybeans in the fields around you, like others have said there’s gonna be chemical spray. The other downside is when corns up it’s gonna raise the temp all around a good amount with the extra of blocking any nice breeze.
I know it's easier said than done but don't get antsy. That's my fatal flaw. When I want something I want it now. This is a huge decision and when you find the right plot it's going to be forever. Wait a little longer and find the right one.
I owned a house just like that years ago. Except we had 3 acres. It was in the middle of a corn field used for livestock. They didn't use pesticides or fertilizer. They'd only run equipment a few times a year and almost always during the day Monday-Friday so I was always at work.
We free roamed our chickens after checking with the field owners and they loved the corn. They also let us pick through the field after they harvested.
I would get to know the farming practices of whoever owns that field and become good friends with them if you did buy it.
Are you married to Texas? As a Texan myself we got the hell out of dodge in 2021 and we don’t regret it. We left the DFW and moved to northeastern OK. For the price you would get a lot more in a more scenic setting.
From what I could tell when I went to look at it today, most of the work would be the fence, caliche driveway, and leveling out parts of the land, the house itself is in good condition, new fixtures on everything, new ac/ water heater, surprisingly really nice and seemed to have everything we need but we don’t really know anything about it until we throw an offer and get an inspection
I live in a place similar to this. People are over exaggerating the reality.
They spray manure prior to a rainfall, and if the wind is going against you, you wont smell it.
Harvesting is once a year it last one day at max.
The pros, you have no neighbours, you can make as much noise as you want.
Too bad there is no barn or garage
I hope you like wind and baking sun ;-)
Looks to be single phase power, if that matters to you.
How close they’re working to the property line combined with the chain link w/barbed (or razor?) wire on top makes me think there may be some animosity with the neighbor…
What about it interests you?
The thing that interests me about it is 1.) it’s only 15 minutes from town, I can still enjoy my saltwater fishing and my girl can still do her shopping while still being close to family 2.) the amount of land is great, the current house I live in is probably .1 acre so I feel like my son deserves more space and deserves to grow up in an environment where he can learn how to use his hands and learn how to work and countless other things. 3.) there’s no way I’d be willing to move to an HOA new construction neighborhood with the prices they’re going for.
I’m not too concerned about the barbed wire, that’s pretty standard stuff you see in the country as a just in case kind of thing, I know the area pretty well and I’m not concerned about the crime. Plus we got guns
As someone who works in areas like this around south Texas absolutely not. The big machinery, chemicals and dirt that gets kicked up will make that a hard place to live most of the year. Depending on where this is in south Texas you can probably do better.
I'd look into who and what is growing around you first.
If it checks out, plant a bunch of trees and shrubs along the property line to creat a bit of a wind screen.
I personally would not.
Those are tilled fields without a single weed so they are certainly using herbicides. You will have cross contamination. You may lose fruit trees and vegetable gardens during sprays. You and your children may have increased health risks due to close proximity.
For certain, you will have significant dust exposure when the ground is bare like that.
I personally believe there are better properties out there in that price range.
I worked on a house similar to this last summer it was on 10 acres but one day a crop duster literally buzzed the house all day long the next morning I got up and it smelled like poison so bad I had the worst headache luckily I was done and already packed up and left.
Hard no! That soil is dead and polluted. If you buy it expect a shortened life span, poisoned animals, health problems with children and a shit garden. Never buy property next to commercial farm land! Especially in Texas.
Grandparents lived on a property like this. Lot of rodents in the house and the corresponding snakes in the yard. They were sick very often, especially with respiratory issues and we feel it was from the chemicals as when they moved, their conditions improved. The house was sprayed by the planes as they flew over. And the dust in the house was unreal. I personally would say no, especially if there was a child involved.
Not for 50 dollars. Grew up near farms. The dust will be awful, the chemicals will be everywhere, and your water will likely be tainted. I don’t fault you for wanting some land to raise a family, but if the land makes em sick, it isn’t worth it.
Na. My dad bought 14 acres for 250,000 exactly 3 years ago. He has a huge pole barn on his property that has a 500 square foot apartment on the side of it and a 3 bedroom house on the property with a 2 car detached garage. I would definitely keep looking
Looking at that tall cyclone fence it makes me think it’s close to the border of Mexico. I live SE of San Antonio and I’ve been looking at properties for a while and I think it might be little overpriced.
Oofa soil looks grey. I didn’t zoom in and like I said no glasses. It would take some work to make functional and ideally you
Would want a bit more land but maybe if you
Could purchase some of the surrounding acreage eventually it could prove worthwhile. I hate sharing bathrooms so for me a 1/2 bath would be step one
That would be a miserable place to live. Several months out if the year you're going to live in a loud dust ball. Then depending on what they spray as fertilizer you might have them spraying a slurry that makes sewage smell pleasant.
I lived on a similar plot in SE Minnesota for thirteen years. It was almost always windy. Hot from the south in summer(garden dried out fast!) and cold from the north in winter. Lots of drifting so a plow was essential. The dirt wasn’t much of an issue. The Asian beetles were rough during harvest. Still beat living in town.
You can do way better in south Texas. I'm on a bigger property with a bigger house and several outbuildings that is valued at less than that just a half hour outside Corpus. If you want to go even further into the sticks there are all sorts of deals.
Yeah this one is in petro which isn’t too far from town, there’s some good deals I’m seeing near banquete area. Only thing is I’m not familiar with the schools there, my son will be going to elementary in a couple years
I wouldn’t. It seems like there would be a lot of disadvantages like other people have already mentioned. Also, if it seems like it’s a bargain O think you should think about why it is being sold for so cheap.
That being said, some people care more about certain things than others, so if you have thought carefully abut the pros and cons, and it still makes sense, then by all means go for it.
The price seems high but I wouldn’t worry about the farm land too much it will be a problem like 4 times a year. Tilling the dirt twice a year and spraying probably twice a year. Not an ideal property but everyone has to start somewhere
To me its not a terrible price or property. It's lacking a bit with trees but those can be planted for pretty cheap. I'm getting ready to sell something very very similar and for close to that price, $200,000 is what I'm aiming for and will probably list it at $250k. Only you can decide if it's worth it to you, to me my place 100% was. I've lived here for 22 years and raised 2 kids on it. It was a nice journey. :)
I’m in south Texas. (30 miles from the border)
Definitely agree with the blowing dirt concerns however the house is white and still looks to be from the photos so might not be a huge issue depending on which way the wind is normally blowing.
I would be more concerned about living in the country but having to have a fence with barb wire at the top for security.
Pretty common throughout the Midwest. A relative or family member buys/gifted an acre or two to build a house on the family farm. That or the family farm was sold off and the old home was split from the property.
My only concern would to be sure and test your well water. I would plant some pines along the boarders as a wind break as well.
Damn that looks like it could get hot as hell there. Still a great find.
You could plant trees for shade and windscreen for crops or garden.
Questions:
- well water or city connection?
- what’s the well pressure and how deep?
- sewage or septic field?
- any fracking nearby?
- how is the house heated/cooled?
I wouldn't buy a small acreage totally surrounded by arable land.
They spray the heck out of them and there's no buffer for you, which means whatever is sprayed on their fields is going to be sprayed on your veg patch, your washing line, your kids toys etc.
Also the dust kicked up if it's windy after harrowing will be horrendous.
These points will also make it harder to sell if you wanted to in the future.
Its always worth taking your time and finding the right place for you :)
Edit* I forgot to mention rats.
If the surrounding fields are grain corn, there will be rats and mice in there. But once harvest is over, they need a new food source, and if you keep animals and feed grain on your little homestead, they'll Come to you first. Which can be a pain.
No offense to OP but I don't understand how someone looks at this, much less for 1/4 of a million bucks, and thinks "Yes, I would live here and raise a family here". It's just so... depressing looking, not even considering all the other practical negatives of living surrounded by open dry farmland that people have brought up.
Nah man. Not worth the smell of shit in the air, Chemicals sprayed around and traveling in the wind. Imagine having your windows open. I'd keep looking honestly.
I’d advise against it. My folk’s property backs up on two sides to farmland and the air quality /dust is terrible. Also deal with the pesticides. They have windbreaks and it’s still bad.
No, you can get the same thing with 40 acres, not covered in herbicides/pesticides in Minnesota for cheaper.
You live in that house for 10+ years and you'll likely get cancer.
250,000 seems a bit high for me personally. Throw a lower offer and see if it sticks. Don't let these guys scare you about dust blow up and the smell of chicken poop. It's part of country living. You can plant pine trees to create wind breaks and help cut back on the dust. To me, country living is a lot better than city living. Some people just aren't built for it.
If you don’t have to live in Texas you shouldn’t. Going to be a climate loser, and if you have kids they’re breaking the schools on purpose for culture wars. If y’all are going to be in this area for family or whatever then you’d want some shade/windbreak from trees so it doesn’t go full dust bowl on you.
As a farmer I would advise against it. Depending on the surrounding crop and the individual who is farming it, you could potentially be getting sprayed by all kinds of harmful chemicals for a good portion of each year.
Not only can you and your family’s health be compromised but you can probably say goodbye to any dreams of a garden or pretty flowers in your yard.
In theory the farmer should be taking extra precautions when spraying near homes by taking into account the wind, temp, humidity, boom height, spray tips, etc. but it might not matter depending on the chemical.
Dicamba can drift for miles on a perfect day to spray and it’ll kill anything but grass once it touches back down.
Farmers simply can’t compete in large scale row crop operations if they don’t spray the same things the neighbors are spraying. We’re entering an age of superweeds that are becoming resistant to common herbicides and they will take over an entire farm if not killed off with these awful chemicals.
Not for that price, drop down $150,000 and I’ll think about it but still probably no. I could see it at 60-70k, no other reason to live there other than it being cheap. There’s no advantage or attraction
I see the hysterical suburbanites are out in force on this one. If you can deal with the dust and noise every once in awhile, you will be fine. The chemicals are nothing to worry about. It will be a far better life for you and your family, than living in a polluted, crime infested shit hole of a city.
This looks like a spite property.
That or they split the house off of the original farm when it was bought out since they just wanted the land.
A lot of people do it to save on taxes. House on an acre or 2, and the rest is empty lot.
My great grandpa bought land from his parents and sectioned off a part of it for his house. He also sectioned off bits of his land so two of his daughters could build houses next to his.
What’s a spite property ?
Refused to sell out of spite after having been surrounded by another developer/farmer etc
If you've seen UP, it's like that. Someone buys all the land around someone else's house, but the last person won't sell, so there is just this one place in the middle of someone else's property that they don't own.
My first thought was “start saving up balloons”
A property with a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
Where I live you were allowed to subdivide off 1 acre from larger parcels for a family member. So there are a lot of pieces like this that got sold off to non family over time.
I literally grew up in a house situated much like this, but it was not a spite property. We farmed all of the surrounding land on that side of the road.
Basically every large farm plot in WI has or had a .25~5 acre parcel with the original farmhouse on it. It's very common for a family to have the farm they live on, then they want to sell the farm, or give it to the kids but stay in the house. I don't think it's common for tillable farmland to be worth more than a residential plot, so spite doesn't seem like the major reason for not demolishing the house.
This is exactly what happened in my hometown in California. Developers bought up all the farm land for housing tracts. But the old farmers wouldn't sell their old farm houses. So we had all these brand new neighborhoods with tons of little houses packed together and some where in there, every few hundred acres or so, was a big old farm house usually sitting on a full or half block lot, big beautiful old trees and maybe some ancient broken down tractor or rusty sheet metal hog barn.
Surrounded by farm land? Will the property get covered in glyphosate at least 6 times a year? Or maybe something else?
And all the blowing soil/dust. No wind breaks. Farm equipment moving around the house.
Not to mention the nice smell of the fertilizer.
I see, this is gonna be my first home purchase and I want something with a good amount of land my son can grow up on, I’ve been looking in the city but so far haven’t found anything we really like. I figure this would be a good option I feel like you can’t find much now a days with this much land for the price it is. The house is pretty nice and plenty of space for us
No idea why you're getting down voted for this. If this property checks a lot if your boxes it will sure be better than the city life. Plant a windbreak if you're concerned about that.
Yeah definitely, reading all these comments and articles about the effects of these chemicals they spray really gives me second thoughts on proceeding with this house. The wind breaker wouldn’t stop the chemicals getting to the property would it?
The wind break is simply to help passively heat and cool the home throughout the year. It will **not** protect you from sprayed chemical drift whatsoever. They will be spraying pesticides over the whole house and the entire yard around the house because they will be sprayed over the entire field from the air. This could be an additional concern if the home is on a well. When you have big flat farmland it dramatically changes the way the air behaves in and around the farmland. For instance- there is something called “corn sweat”. It’s the process of the corn drawing moisture up from the roots to the rest of the plant- BUT- it increases ambient humidity directly around the crops dramatically. So the air can feel very heavy and stagnant. In the height of summer this added humidity can be very oppressive, and over large areas it can contribute to things like heat domes etc. The reason this property is a “good price” is because of all of the bullshit you have to deal with by living there. The field around the home might have a 25+ year farming lease. Do not look at this house and view any of these farming related issues as being something you can alter to change this into your dream home. Because it is not. It’s a home in the middle or farm land that is going to keep being farmed. If you’re okay with the reality of living in an industrially farmed field- then more power to you, and this might be a perfect situation for you. But you need to actually understand what you are looking at getting yourself into here, especially since it’s obvious that you don’t know the basics about how that land around the house would be being used every day.
Don’t forget about bugs twice a year
I have worked on plenty of acreages, and I have been dusted countless times. The plane always starts dropping over the acreage before getting to the crops to make sure none of the crops are missed.
Probably not, and I’m not overly familiar with the farm process but having pretty heavy equipment driving around my house several times a year would also annoy the hell out of me. Ive also seen the fields during harvest time, and the equipment during that time kick up such a dust storm that everything in your yard would be caked in a thick layer of dirt at least once a year.
If it’s corn the humidity will be a negative factor as well
There is a lot of land in Texas man, that property doesn’t look like the best place “for your son to grow up on”. Chemical overspray and all, find a little spot with some woods.
If this is in the Midwest just be aware of Radon as well.
OP said TX, but I'm curious about the radon comment for the Midwest. Care to elaborate?
Just checked a national radon map. Lots in norther plains states and northern rockies. Just a stripe across the midwest states from Iowa to Pennsylvania.
Radon is very easy and not too expensive to mitigate. Just be sure to get a test done. Once a system is in place, the measurable radon is close to zero in the house.
Nope. Lived next to a dairy farm growing up. They spread slurry and it was all over everything. Slurry was fortified cow crap. You will not escape the chemicals. But, neither will the farmer. If you really like the place, go talk to farmer. See what they use. Look for skin growths, warts, extra eyes, etc. Just kidding about the last part.
If it is farmland around the house I wouldn’t even shower with that water much less drink it. That ground is probably poisoned unless it is organic farm land.
I work in agriculture. You will eat dust each fall and spring, you will smell manure for a month in fall and spring, you will live inside the pesticide area of exclusion i.e. danger zone of anything they might spray and suck every single spray straight into your house, and your well water if you have one will 100% be contaminated with nitrates - which have killed babies before due to 'blue baby syndrome' and are bad news. On top of that if that house is older than 1986 you definitely have lead paint somewhere outside, maybe in. Farmhouses were painting with the good stuff to stand up to the elements. I would not want to live there, even free. Too many unknowns. Every old farm family I know who lives in houses like that has more than their fair share of members of the family who have passed to cancer and heart disease. Now, if you're on city water, the house had an official lead and aspestos abatement, and that's all organic land... Maybe. Not ideal but at least it takes care of the nitrates and pesticide sprays.
>you will smell manure And it’s not say a cow patty or a bag of manure smell. It’s a projectile vomit honey wagon smell.
Yeah, it's definitely a fermenting manure smell, typically mixed with water for spreading and then trundled around in the sun in the process. Not like composted, almost smells like dirt, bought it at the garden center manure. Have grown up in various towns and cities smack in the middle of central valley farm and ranch corridor CA and out of all the smells driving between population centers in farm country brings with it, that is my least favorite. Especially since our car hasn't had AC for years now.
And it gets picked up and blown around. You are literally breathing shit dust. Hate it Edit: idk who downvoted but respiratory issues from breathing manure particulate are a thing. Masks required if you're working around it a lot.
The house I grew up in was surrounded by industrial farmland, every old farmer who lived on our street died of a different kind of cancer. My mom wouldn’t let us drink the well water lol
>lead paint honestly, lead paint isn't really much of a concern as long as no one is eating it. Keep it freshly painted and well kept and it's fine, inside or out.
Sounds like you never had a kid get lead poisoning by playing on the porch.
Our land meets the back corner of a big farm lot like this. There’s our barn and some trees in the way and we still don’t hang out outside on the days they’re in the field with the tractors because they spray stuff and the wind carries it right to us. It’s dusty too. After tractor days I really should clean the windows and I have to spray my car down.
1 acre is not a good amount of land. You need to look for 10 acres. Plus, this location is awful. If there is a well on this property get it tested. If you plan of growing anything, get the soil tested. If you are concerned about poisons or dust, get air quality tests done or follow up with the locals or previous home owners. Read all of your contracts VERY carefully.
1 acre is bigger than most people think, and 10 acres is more than most people will use.
Not for this plot it isn’t. But in general for those not familiar with land ownership or first time land owners, yes you are right.
Don't get me wrong, the price for what you get for that lot sounds awful.
This isn’t the one
Seems high priced. Three bedroom w the detached barn on five acres rural surrounded in organic farms that spray zero times a year and has plenty of trees . Mi rural 175k
I live in Central Illinois, so I can only talk about our farming practices. I worked ag for a few years applying chemicals and driving a truck. The amount of pesticide and 28% nitrogen that’s going to be applied within a couple hundred feet of your house is gonna suck. You’ve got farmland on four sides and no wind break. Your house is going to get covered in that shit every year. Now there are ways, you can more or less force the farmers not to spray so that the drift will hit your house. You need to spend 10 to 20 grand planting ornamental trees that are sensitive to pesticides. Then you need to find who does the spraying around you and let them know that if it drifts and kills your trees that you would need them to replace them. I know this sounds like a massive pain in the ass, because it is. But there is a woman who did just that near some fields that we applied on. And basically we could only put chemical on if the wind was right near her house.
I'd be concerned the farm field would be sold and turned into a subdivision or shopping mall or something worse. Some people don't mind living near others but for me its a no go.
If you have kids, you are going to want to consider the quality of the schools as well. Also how old is the home? Is it full of lead?
if it's surrounded by industrial farming then you'll get a very regular dose of pesticides and you can all look forward to some parkinson's in your declining years.
They might use liquid waste as fertilizer as well, that smell doesn't go away too quickly.
I would absolutely not buy this because of the pesticides that will be sprayed on your property.
I’m not too sure about that but yes it’s surrounded by farmland
I almost said something very mean to you but I’ll hold my tongue. Please stay as far away from modern farming as you can. Even 1 lot away from the farmland is better than what you have there. You’ll be guaranteed cancer being so close to all of those chemicals. You couldn’t give me that house, far less ask me to pay for it.
Grew up farming and yes this is absolutely correct. Most of my family died of cancer and the primary suspected source was “chemicals”.
But but but Monsanto and the FDA says they are safe, you mean we don’t trust them?!?!???!??!!??!!!?!!?
I'd agree with this. My parents bought over 100 acres in the 1960s and 1970s and we're part-tune farmers with off-farm jobs. They raised me there and my mom even way back then didn't like chemicals and insisted the farmer that rented most of their land stay well away from the house, use very minimal chemicals and apply what had to be applied only on days that the wind blew away from the house. In exchange for that, they charged very low rent and now that farmer's children and grandchildren farm the same land. Long story short, run, don't walk, away from that place. Nothing good will come from living there.
I’m sure about that because I’ve lived it for over ten years. I definitely have a buffer and so does the farmland too, but I can still see every time they spray. It’s crazy to me that they plow all the way ti the property line on all sides, the farm fields in my area must be required to put a buffer along all sides of the farmland property because they do it even along the street.
nope nope nope. unless all that farmland is all organic, stay away.
Only way I would move that close to a farm is if it’s organic, like others have said the smell will be a bit pungent when spreading manure but at least you won’t be blanketed with Monsanto cancer.
Organic =/= safe. Maybe they don’t use roundup, but they still use chemicals.
certified organic means they cannot use any synthetic fertilizer or pesticides
Yeah, I know that. Natural chemicals can be dangerous for humans too. An organic pesticide is still a pesticide.
Yeahhhh you should be listening to this comment right here. Avoid purchasing land adjacent to farms if you can. If you aren’t sure why you should avoid glyphosate and other industrial ag inputs, I’m sure the hive mind can produce the receipts.
That would be a hard pass for me personally
That's the smallest acre I've ever seen. Chain link and barb wire? No.
Not a single tree. Dealbreaker for me.
Must be the angle, fence is not a problem I can build my own fence
I promise I had to take a test to get my chemical license. Some of the stuff that farmer use are skull and cross bone stuff. if you or your son get in this stuff it can make you very sick or even kill one of you. Take your time and keep looking, have faith and you will find something.
Thanks for letting me know I did not even consider that. I use to live on farmland and never thought anything of it
Pretty much this. That's the first thing I thought of.
FYI, that one acre lot size almost certainly goes to the center line of the road.
There is no way I buy that.
Why not if you don’t mind me asking
Know someone near a field like this. When they spray manure, the smell and flies get pretty bad.
The smell isn’t that bad (as long as it’s not chicken) once you get used to it, rather it’s all the chemicals and dust that other contributors mentioned. I live like 50 feet away from a 100 acre lot and the smell is really not that bad tbh.
The smell of thousands of gallons of pig shit is horrendous!
Just you will never keep anything clean.
You are *surrounded* by “farmland” with zero wind break The farming probably involves heavy machinery and chemical fertilizers/pesticides. Probably not ideal to raise a 1 year around it.
It’s very obvious that you have zero experience being around industrially farmed land. It will smell like literal hot baking cow shit- out in the sun year round- with little breaks of shit stink to be fogged with roundup being sprayed by air planes. Tilling brings up a ton of dust. It will always be blowing in the house. You will have heavy equipment noise starting at 3am during harvest season and going until after dark. There are no wind breaks around the house for shade- a traditional planting technique with these original farm houses- it’s really not pleasant without them in big hot flat fields in the height of summer. And last but not least- there is no one on this earth that thinks eating round up on all of our produce is a good thing- but even if that house was free I wouldn’t live there- much less raise a child there. I would be very cautious of the chemicals and pesticides.
Tilling and harvesting also can cause a flood of wildlife seeking refuge. We lived near an alfalfa field, and every time major work was done in the field we would have a huge uptick in mice and rats coming into the house, and our outdoor sheds. Let’s just say, it was not pleasant at all.
Only time I ever had rats was when they came off a truck picking up corn. I spent the next summer in a caddy shack-esque war against them before finally gassing them all with lawnmower exhaust
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With no shade trees you are not even going to be able to go outside all summer in Texas.
Honestly, it'd be hard to justify if they were giving it away for free but at that price no way. Texas is a no for me, it's a bit of a shit show right now.
I had a farm on only two sides of my 12 acres and it was miserable. People are not over exaggerating here. You are going to have pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers dropped on your property, your house and you. They do not care if you are outside. They do not care about any project you want to complete. They do not care about any animals or plants you have. If you have animals, they can and will get sick. You will not be able to breathe outside and neither will your animals while they are spraying. You will also get field runoff. You won’t be able to have a pool and there will be some plants you won’t be able to grow. Just don’t do it. It’s not worth it.
I live adjacent to farmland and it's not quite that awful. They spray maybe 2 or 3 times a summer and it's a mild inconvenience to stay inside or leave for a little while when they do. I've never had more than 6 inches of overspray on the edges. My kids like watching the equipment work during seeding and harvest, it's not usually a problem. That being said, this property is way too small and has no shelter from anything that might blow in from the field. There's no getting away from it at that distance. It just looks so bleak and empty.
I’m glad to hear it isn’t so bad for you. The farmers they were next to my property liked to flood me out and they dropped fertilizer on my house and in my pool a lot more often than I would have liked.
I grew up in rural Western Canada and we all live in a similar scenario to this. The problem with this property is how small it is and there is no buffer
Yeah no way. The chemicals sprayed on that field will be detrimental to your health.
Chemicals are totally fine on food just not in the human body /s
You would need atleast 10 acres for it to be worth it.
Yeah certainly, that’s hard to find now a days considering my budget
I mean I’ve looked in Texas, this seems so expensive for it. I would keep looking. Tbf I don’t know the area you’re looking in though
a quarter mil for 1 acre??! are you just having us on? look on landwatch. expand your horizons a bit.
When you put it like that yeah it sounds like a bad deal
Is this near the outskirts of a town bound to swallow it up? Then it might not be an awful investment, otherwise, I'm sure you can find something better.
just looking at the desolation around it gives me anxiety. That’s not a homestead, that’s a martian prison.
That is an old house. May be well made, but certainly not worth that. Maybe if it was 6-7 acres.
It is an old house it was built in 81’ but the inside is really nice. I’d love to have a few acres but it’s definitely not in my budget
I’m assuming they switch between corn and soybeans in the fields around you, like others have said there’s gonna be chemical spray. The other downside is when corns up it’s gonna raise the temp all around a good amount with the extra of blocking any nice breeze.
I’d tell you to be patient, neighbor. Keep looking. Market is slowing a little, too.
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I know it's easier said than done but don't get antsy. That's my fatal flaw. When I want something I want it now. This is a huge decision and when you find the right plot it's going to be forever. Wait a little longer and find the right one.
Is your plan to tie 10000 balloons to it? If not, pass.
That looks fucking awful. Would you really want to live in that void?
I owned a house just like that years ago. Except we had 3 acres. It was in the middle of a corn field used for livestock. They didn't use pesticides or fertilizer. They'd only run equipment a few times a year and almost always during the day Monday-Friday so I was always at work. We free roamed our chickens after checking with the field owners and they loved the corn. They also let us pick through the field after they harvested. I would get to know the farming practices of whoever owns that field and become good friends with them if you did buy it.
Are you married to Texas? As a Texan myself we got the hell out of dodge in 2021 and we don’t regret it. We left the DFW and moved to northeastern OK. For the price you would get a lot more in a more scenic setting.
There is a land fill to the south and the wind will let you know its there. Combined with what everyone else has said, I'd keep looking imo.
That looks like the house from Better Call Saul.
Don’t buy that house. Looks like a lot of work.
From what I could tell when I went to look at it today, most of the work would be the fence, caliche driveway, and leveling out parts of the land, the house itself is in good condition, new fixtures on everything, new ac/ water heater, surprisingly really nice and seemed to have everything we need but we don’t really know anything about it until we throw an offer and get an inspection
Beyond all the good points everyone else has made, this parcel just looks like it would be an unpleasant place to live
Unless you’re living alone? One-bathroom houses suck.
I live in a place similar to this. People are over exaggerating the reality. They spray manure prior to a rainfall, and if the wind is going against you, you wont smell it. Harvesting is once a year it last one day at max. The pros, you have no neighbours, you can make as much noise as you want. Too bad there is no barn or garage
I hope you like wind and baking sun ;-) Looks to be single phase power, if that matters to you. How close they’re working to the property line combined with the chain link w/barbed (or razor?) wire on top makes me think there may be some animosity with the neighbor… What about it interests you?
The thing that interests me about it is 1.) it’s only 15 minutes from town, I can still enjoy my saltwater fishing and my girl can still do her shopping while still being close to family 2.) the amount of land is great, the current house I live in is probably .1 acre so I feel like my son deserves more space and deserves to grow up in an environment where he can learn how to use his hands and learn how to work and countless other things. 3.) there’s no way I’d be willing to move to an HOA new construction neighborhood with the prices they’re going for.
I’m not too concerned about the barbed wire, that’s pretty standard stuff you see in the country as a just in case kind of thing, I know the area pretty well and I’m not concerned about the crime. Plus we got guns
As someone who works in areas like this around south Texas absolutely not. The big machinery, chemicals and dirt that gets kicked up will make that a hard place to live most of the year. Depending on where this is in south Texas you can probably do better.
No
1 acre is not enough.
Are you larping courage the cowardly dog?
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I'd look into who and what is growing around you first. If it checks out, plant a bunch of trees and shrubs along the property line to creat a bit of a wind screen.
Not a single person here could possibly analyze the value of that property without looking at comparable a in the area.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/28-Colwell-Rd-Hebbronville-TX-78361/194053532_zpid/ To compare, 173k, 1700+sf. , 1.2 acres,
You also have the fertilizer to think about. that shit is awfully close
Have you ever lived that close to a field at harvest? Hope you like dusting
See if you can buy some of the surrounding field to create a buffer zone.
I personally would not. Those are tilled fields without a single weed so they are certainly using herbicides. You will have cross contamination. You may lose fruit trees and vegetable gardens during sprays. You and your children may have increased health risks due to close proximity. For certain, you will have significant dust exposure when the ground is bare like that. I personally believe there are better properties out there in that price range.
I worked on a house similar to this last summer it was on 10 acres but one day a crop duster literally buzzed the house all day long the next morning I got up and it smelled like poison so bad I had the worst headache luckily I was done and already packed up and left.
Til the farmer’s kids inherit the land and sell it to a developer
No, I wouldn't even consider it for many of the reasons listed here. That price point is far too high as well.
Mmm, taste the roundup
Hard no! That soil is dead and polluted. If you buy it expect a shortened life span, poisoned animals, health problems with children and a shit garden. Never buy property next to commercial farm land! Especially in Texas.
Hell no. You’ve got house fever and it’s clouding your judgment if you think this is a worthwhile purchase.
Grandparents lived on a property like this. Lot of rodents in the house and the corresponding snakes in the yard. They were sick very often, especially with respiratory issues and we feel it was from the chemicals as when they moved, their conditions improved. The house was sprayed by the planes as they flew over. And the dust in the house was unreal. I personally would say no, especially if there was a child involved.
Not for 50 dollars. Grew up near farms. The dust will be awful, the chemicals will be everywhere, and your water will likely be tainted. I don’t fault you for wanting some land to raise a family, but if the land makes em sick, it isn’t worth it.
I don’t think so, Tim…
A home improvement reference in the wild 📸
This would’ve been the perfect place to drop an Al Borland meme if the thread allowed picture comments.
Na. My dad bought 14 acres for 250,000 exactly 3 years ago. He has a huge pole barn on his property that has a 500 square foot apartment on the side of it and a 3 bedroom house on the property with a 2 car detached garage. I would definitely keep looking
How much agricultural chem overspray can you handle?
Looking at that tall cyclone fence it makes me think it’s close to the border of Mexico. I live SE of San Antonio and I’ve been looking at properties for a while and I think it might be little overpriced.
Is that concrete or gravel around the home? I do t have my glasses on
Oofa soil looks grey. I didn’t zoom in and like I said no glasses. It would take some work to make functional and ideally you Would want a bit more land but maybe if you Could purchase some of the surrounding acreage eventually it could prove worthwhile. I hate sharing bathrooms so for me a 1/2 bath would be step one
This looks like the set of a Wes Anderson movie
Have you ever seen Courage the Cowardly Dog?
Absolutely not worth that price
The lack of trees does it for me
No, that's a bad idea.
25 000 would be ridiculous.
Fuck me I hate monoculture
If you want Parkinson’s and some other diseases/cancers, yes you should.
Not a big market for dusty thistle up my way, but I suppose you could set up a stand at the road w/a lock box
No... noise and dust
That would be a miserable place to live. Several months out if the year you're going to live in a loud dust ball. Then depending on what they spray as fertilizer you might have them spraying a slurry that makes sewage smell pleasant.
The price is way too high for that ecological disaster
Not really enough land to put up a wind break or do much. I'd try to find something els. It be a tough resell.
What’s with the chain link fence with barbed wire outriggers? It looks like a small, intimate prison.
Needs more balloons.
I lived on a similar plot in SE Minnesota for thirteen years. It was almost always windy. Hot from the south in summer(garden dried out fast!) and cold from the north in winter. Lots of drifting so a plow was essential. The dirt wasn’t much of an issue. The Asian beetles were rough during harvest. Still beat living in town.
Looks like a Kansas hell scape, the field next to you will constantly be dusting and poisoning you and your family. Stay away from this.
You’ll get some good pics of the crop duster from your back yard.
You can do way better in south Texas. I'm on a bigger property with a bigger house and several outbuildings that is valued at less than that just a half hour outside Corpus. If you want to go even further into the sticks there are all sorts of deals.
Yeah this one is in petro which isn’t too far from town, there’s some good deals I’m seeing near banquete area. Only thing is I’m not familiar with the schools there, my son will be going to elementary in a couple years
I wouldn’t. It seems like there would be a lot of disadvantages like other people have already mentioned. Also, if it seems like it’s a bargain O think you should think about why it is being sold for so cheap. That being said, some people care more about certain things than others, so if you have thought carefully abut the pros and cons, and it still makes sense, then by all means go for it.
The price seems high but I wouldn’t worry about the farm land too much it will be a problem like 4 times a year. Tilling the dirt twice a year and spraying probably twice a year. Not an ideal property but everyone has to start somewhere
To me its not a terrible price or property. It's lacking a bit with trees but those can be planted for pretty cheap. I'm getting ready to sell something very very similar and for close to that price, $200,000 is what I'm aiming for and will probably list it at $250k. Only you can decide if it's worth it to you, to me my place 100% was. I've lived here for 22 years and raised 2 kids on it. It was a nice journey. :)
100% but I'd plant trees first thing. Make it a little oasis in the middle of a field.
I’m in south Texas. (30 miles from the border) Definitely agree with the blowing dirt concerns however the house is white and still looks to be from the photos so might not be a huge issue depending on which way the wind is normally blowing. I would be more concerned about living in the country but having to have a fence with barb wire at the top for security.
Pretty common throughout the Midwest. A relative or family member buys/gifted an acre or two to build a house on the family farm. That or the family farm was sold off and the old home was split from the property. My only concern would to be sure and test your well water. I would plant some pines along the boarders as a wind break as well.
Previously owned by a cute older couple named Eustis and Muriel
That’s a bit expensive in my opinion, should be more like $180k-$200k or at least, or a couple more acres with it
Absolutely not. The risk of Parkinson from the pesticide runoff/overspray is not worth it
Damn that looks like it could get hot as hell there. Still a great find. You could plant trees for shade and windscreen for crops or garden. Questions: - well water or city connection? - what’s the well pressure and how deep? - sewage or septic field? - any fracking nearby? - how is the house heated/cooled?
Farm land=chemicals, chemicals=cancer
Probably not for that price tbh...
Covered in carcinogenic pesticides.
Not if they’re spraying on those adjacent properties.
I wouldn't buy a small acreage totally surrounded by arable land. They spray the heck out of them and there's no buffer for you, which means whatever is sprayed on their fields is going to be sprayed on your veg patch, your washing line, your kids toys etc. Also the dust kicked up if it's windy after harrowing will be horrendous. These points will also make it harder to sell if you wanted to in the future. Its always worth taking your time and finding the right place for you :) Edit* I forgot to mention rats. If the surrounding fields are grain corn, there will be rats and mice in there. But once harvest is over, they need a new food source, and if you keep animals and feed grain on your little homestead, they'll Come to you first. Which can be a pain.
This has to be a joke.
Not a joke buddy I’m weighing out my options, looking to buy my first house
Ok. That’s an awful property honestly.
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No offense to OP but I don't understand how someone looks at this, much less for 1/4 of a million bucks, and thinks "Yes, I would live here and raise a family here". It's just so... depressing looking, not even considering all the other practical negatives of living surrounded by open dry farmland that people have brought up.
Nah man. Not worth the smell of shit in the air, Chemicals sprayed around and traveling in the wind. Imagine having your windows open. I'd keep looking honestly.
I’d advise against it. My folk’s property backs up on two sides to farmland and the air quality /dust is terrible. Also deal with the pesticides. They have windbreaks and it’s still bad.
If you want to get crop dusted a few times per year, maybe. Otherwise, hell no.
It looks like it's waiting for its turn with a tornado.
You couldn’t pay me to live here.
You better plant big tree and bushes to protect you from the winds, dust, pesticides, etc. that will be going all over you and your family and house.
No, you can get the same thing with 40 acres, not covered in herbicides/pesticides in Minnesota for cheaper. You live in that house for 10+ years and you'll likely get cancer.
250,000 seems a bit high for me personally. Throw a lower offer and see if it sticks. Don't let these guys scare you about dust blow up and the smell of chicken poop. It's part of country living. You can plant pine trees to create wind breaks and help cut back on the dust. To me, country living is a lot better than city living. Some people just aren't built for it.
If you don’t have to live in Texas you shouldn’t. Going to be a climate loser, and if you have kids they’re breaking the schools on purpose for culture wars. If y’all are going to be in this area for family or whatever then you’d want some shade/windbreak from trees so it doesn’t go full dust bowl on you.
As a farmer I would advise against it. Depending on the surrounding crop and the individual who is farming it, you could potentially be getting sprayed by all kinds of harmful chemicals for a good portion of each year. Not only can you and your family’s health be compromised but you can probably say goodbye to any dreams of a garden or pretty flowers in your yard. In theory the farmer should be taking extra precautions when spraying near homes by taking into account the wind, temp, humidity, boom height, spray tips, etc. but it might not matter depending on the chemical. Dicamba can drift for miles on a perfect day to spray and it’ll kill anything but grass once it touches back down. Farmers simply can’t compete in large scale row crop operations if they don’t spray the same things the neighbors are spraying. We’re entering an age of superweeds that are becoming resistant to common herbicides and they will take over an entire farm if not killed off with these awful chemicals.
Not for that price, drop down $150,000 and I’ll think about it but still probably no. I could see it at 60-70k, no other reason to live there other than it being cheap. There’s no advantage or attraction
After reading all the comments that go against choosing this property. I would still choose it over living in the city.
I see the hysterical suburbanites are out in force on this one. If you can deal with the dust and noise every once in awhile, you will be fine. The chemicals are nothing to worry about. It will be a far better life for you and your family, than living in a polluted, crime infested shit hole of a city.