Going to Pasture

[Triangle Bar]

Driving up the fence line

The grass is pretty dry but the cactus doesn't seem to mind

Lined up nose to tale

Storm clouds ahead!

 

[Shortgrass]

You're not too lush there yet, either are you? We are still dry, dry. I have several pairs sorted off that will get on the bus next week. Next step is to pull the calves, and try to keep as many cows as I can and look for "next year". Maybe it will rain first! Do you summer in the valley, or do you have some pasture up high?

 

[WyomingRancher]

You're not too lush there yet, either are you? We are still dry, dry. I have several pairs sorted off that will get on the bus next week. Next step is to pull the calves, and try to keep as many cows as I can and look for "next year". Maybe it will rain first! Do you summer in the valley, or do you have some pasture up high?

Oh dear, that is awful news :???:. This drought is unreal. At least if you do have to wean calves, you calved early enough for it to work well :wink: . Hang in there!

Triangle Bar, those are great pictures! Charlolais cattle trailing with storm clouds and mountains in the background makes for a great photo.

 

[Jassy]

Cattle look good despite the sparse feed...I really liked that last photo...Call up Iowa and maybe they can send ya some rain...I think they've had enuff! :wink:

 

[Triangle Bar]

Do you summer in the valley, or do you have some pasture up high?

My summer pasture is here in the valley. These photos are from my BLM Allotment which is directly adjacent to the ranch. The elevation ranges from 7800 to 9000 ft, although there is no fence on the east side, so there nothing stopping them from going mountaineering to 14,000. :lol: However, I've never seen them go higher than the foothills. Just received a letter from the BLM today encouraging permittees to reduce numbers or move through pastures faster. Hopefully it won't come to that, the monsoon rains should start in a couple of weeks. We'll just have to play it by ear.

Cattle look good despite the sparse feed...I really liked that last photo...Call up Iowa and maybe they can send ya some rain...I think they've had enuff!

I'm sure those folks back east would be glad to get rid of some of that water if they could. :?

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

I think it's dry all around,and i had such high hopes after the winter we had here in Cali.Gonna try and get enough hay to get through winter and do it again next year.5 months to winter and counting!

 

[kolanuraven]

We're getting sooooo DRY here in Ga again, even up here in the hills & hollers.

This will make our 3rd yr.

Pastures are just burned up....very few getting a decent hay crop.

And to top it all off....some of the counties in Hot ' Lanta are relaxing their water restrictions!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[CattleArmy]

With the late frost we had and then the cool weather and rain the hills here look pretty good. If the wind doesn't quit blowing though they are gonna be bone dry again soon.

 

[Triangle Bar]

A few showers around here today. The reason why? I started laying down my 1st cutting of Alfalfa.

 

[Nebraska Sandhills]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing them...I really like the last one.

 

[Soapweed]

Nice pictures. The last one is also my favorite.

 

[Clarencen]

Thanks for posting the pictures. I was going to mention that I liked the last one too, then I looked again and I like them all. something different than most.
I see a lot of cactus in my hay fields this year too. Usually small plants with just one or two blossoms, so they haven't been there long. I wonder just how they spread so much. My hay fields were farmland not to many years ago, so these plants must be newcomers.

 

[Triangle Bar]

Thanks to all, I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.

Thanks for posting the pictures. I was going to mention that I liked the last one too, then I looked again and I like them all. something different than most.
I see a lot of cactus in my hay fields this year too. Usually small plants with just one or two blossoms, so they haven't been there long. I wonder just how they spread so much. My hay fields were farmland not to many years ago, so these plants must be newcomers.

Yeah, it sure doesn't take long for the native plants to re-establish themselves in a field. I have one meadow that I haven't been able to irrigate or cut for hay since 2000 and the sagebrush is really starting to move in.:?