Buying A Home
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Houses next to what use to be a cornfield
We'll be looking at a couple houses where the back yard meets up with what use to be a corn field. The field is all cut down and not used any more. Would you be concerned with the chemicals that was once used being in the soil of the houses that are built next to this field?
Re: Houses next to what use to be a cornfield
No.
Will you have well water? Will you have a vegetable garden? Those are the only situations in which I'd be concerned.
However, are you sure the field's just not fallow this season? Farmers are supposed to let fields lie fallow every 7th year, I believe. Just because it's not in use this season doesn't mean it won't be next year.
FWIW, ILs live surrounded by commercial crops that are crop dusted and there are no extraordinary health problems in the community. You just stay indoors when the crop duster's out.
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I would inquire about the zoning. My parents built on a development backing up to corn fields and it was so peaceful. A couple of years after they moved, the farmer sold to a developer and it now backs up to a car lot and a Wal Mart plaza. Not so nice.
Nothing is guaranteed, but finding out about future potential 'neighbors' would be on my list of questions.
Get soil and water tests done to ensure there aren't any chemicals that could be hazardous. And like pp suggested, check zoning.
But I wouldn't worry about being next to a former cornfield. Most suburban housing developments exist on land that used to be used for farming. Our community used to be a farm, and the old farmhouse was on our lot. We have even found random farm equipment parts in our yard!
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We are next to a corn field, but a housing developer owns the land and is currently leasing it to a farmer. The field will be developed into housing when the housing market turns around a bit and there's more demand for new homes. We knew this when we bought our house. We were comfortable with buying, knowing that the land is currently zoned as agricultural, but has approval from the county to re-zone as residential. We probably wouldn't have bought here if the land could possibly be re-zoned for commercial or industrial use.
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Agreed.
We looked at new construction in a fantastic location. When we checked the zoning and future plans, however, we found out that a major road was slated to be extended right through the middle of the development within the next 5-10 years. That was a total deal breaker for us.
My guess is it's just fallow this year.
I grew up surrounded by crops. They were sprayed, dusted, etc, depending on the crop.
We had well water, grew a garden, as did others living nearby, and no health issues or water contamination.
You just stay inside when the crops are sprayed.
I live in the middle of a corn field or soybean field (they alternate every year), my husband grew up with the same, and every house in the area we live is the same. We have been named one of the healthies counties in the state. The only concern I would have is the water, and the chances of there being an issue would more likely stem from the fact that there may have been livestock in the area (farming fields often goes hand in hand with raising livestock). Droppings from animals is often more harmful then the chemicals - at least with concern of it getting into your water supply. Most of those chemicals go onto the food being grown, therefore they cannot be that harmful.
Have the water tested, otherwise as pp said, just stay inside when they are spraying.