In 02, one neighbor sold all his cows, bought back better cows than he sold two years later, giving his grass a chance to heal also. That worked for him. I have seen the early weaning done a lot. In '02, I culled hard, then harder. Wound up with about 60% of what I had in '01. Borrowed, bought feed then next spring bought heifers to speculate with. Next spring no one was restocking yet, so rented more ground, kept the heifers. Sold them with their second calf at side, and got well with that. Kept the extra grass. Since I have kept lower numbers and more ground. I now hope and pray for a good year next year, but prepare for a drought. Some years, I have had lots of grass, and it just blew away, and was a loss. This year, I have needed every blade of it, and then some. My loss in grass is minor compared to what I would have lost in destocking this year. I did get a nice rain last night here at home. Praise the Lord! Need some on summer pastures, but maybe this week?? The monsoon is supposed to be active this week. Per's statement about not trying to feed your way out of a drought sounds like sound advice also. That "pray lots" RSL mentioned is critical!!