The weather down here is wearing me out.

[Whitewing]

I arrived at the ranch last weekend after we´d had a pretty decent rainfall. We planted bermuda the day following. The next day it looked like rain so we planted some more.

Then, just as I had feared, summer hit with a vengence again. I don´t know if any of it is going to stick and about all I can do is wait until we get one or two more decent rainfalls to see if the stuff sprouts.

A normal winter for us would be several decent rains during a week´s time and cloudy cool weather in between. This year it´s pretty much one day of heavy rain and cooler temps (winter) followed by about 10 days of summer..............hot and dry.

I´m tired.

 

[Faster horses]

Take heart WW. It happens to all of us at one time or another.
It's called...ranching.

 

[little bow rancher]

sure don't matter what part of the world you live in it's all the same , good way of putting it FH

 

[TXTibbs]

I think it is Winter at Faster's house a lil more often than most tho :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock: :shock: :shock: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[katrina]

Can I add farming to that?? Our sunflowers are sopping wet and we need major drying weather.... We can't even combine them wet like you can corn....

 

[burnt]

Can I add doing custom combining to that? I took a field of soys off for a neighbour this week that made me swear off of doing custom work. It was a rolling, stony farm that we owned and sold (quite gladly) back in '02 because it was a tough piece of ground.

He no-tilled soys into it, left ridges between the rows due to having his tillage coulters set too aggressive, didn't pick the stones and didn't even bother pulling a roller over it to help put the ridges and stones down a bit..

I am not proud of the cutting job I did, but it was the best I could do under the conditions - hilly, stony, ridged and 12" high beans due to a poor growing season.

Then he cusses me out for "leaving half the beans in the field"! :???:

The combine is in the paper nor "FOR SALE".

 

[Faster horses]

Ain't that the way, burnt!!! :x

Having leased pasture throughout the years in many areas, I
can tell you that most people who lease pasture and don't own cows;
should not own cows. Sounds like some people who farm...shouldn't...

 

[Faster horses]

HA HA HA HA HA HA TIBBS.

At least we don't have FIRE ANTS and all those other things
that want to EAT YOU!!! :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Whitewing]

I planted most of the place in corn back in 2007 and produced a really fine crop......more than doubled my investment when I sold. At the time, I had only about a quarter of the cattle I have today.

So I think, wow, this is easy.

Last year, with declining rainfall, I planted corn again and luckily got just enough rainfall at the right times to produce a decent crop. However, with an increasing herd of cattle, I ended up cutting the corn for animal feed.

This year I didn´t plant any corn (other than where I´m going to release my hogs) and am I glad I didn´t. There are thousands of acres of corn lost this year in the immediate zone, some soybeans as well.

I sure hope next year isn´t a continuation of the trend. :?

 

[burnt]

Ain't that the way, burnt!!! :x

Having leased pasture throughout the years in many areas, I
can tell you that most people who lease pasture and don't own cows;
should not own cows. Sounds like some people who farm...shouldn't...

This guy is actually a really good farmer for the most part. He is an exceptional cattle guy and grows good crops as a rule.

But for some reason he has a problem with rolling his bean fields after planting. In our stony ground, rolling bean fields after planting is just a given.
It costs all of 2 -3 bucks an acre to rent a 30 or 40 foot roller. :roll:

Whitewing, I guess the weather and all the other variables in this business is what keeps us from getting bored doing the same thing year after year?? :lol: :lol: :lol: