efb said:Well my thermometer said 80 today. I'm not liking this weather pattern.
It felt like summer today. It would be good for winter pasture if we had any stands and or moisture to go with it. All the Texas A&M Extension say we should be able to graze year around here and the only equipment you need to run cattle is a 4 wheeler and pickup. Guess they don't think about those falls it's too dry to get a stand up, or worse you get it up but loose it because it's too dry. Oh, well, it's probably our turn. I remember when you guys in the Great Plains were terribly dry a couple of years ago.
efb said:Well my thermometer said 80 today. I'm not liking this weather pattern.
It felt like summer today. It would be good for winter pasture if we had any stands and or moisture to go with it. All the Texas A&M Extension say we should be able to graze year around here and the only equipment you need to run cattle is a 4 wheeler and pickup. Guess they don't think about those falls it's too dry to get a stand up, or worse you get it up but loose it because it's too dry. Oh, well, it's probably our turn. I remember when you guys in the Great Plains were terribly dry a couple of years ago.
efb said:You are right about the water. We are seriously dry. We have received less than half our average rainfall this year. We don't have a single spring running on the place and that's a first anyone can remember. I am streeeeching my hay. Had to buy over half of what I need and right now hay is $50 -$60 a roll around here if you can find it. Most larger operators here are now getting it out of OK. and KS. But, by the time you figure the frieght it's still over $50 a roll equivalent. Another big worry I have is water in the pastures. O well, we are one day closer to rain.
I thought you guys that way were in pretty good shape. I thought once you got west of FT Worth it was good.
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efb said:Big Muddy rancher. Sorry, I don't think I am related to your dad. I was raised in Kansas spent 7 years in South Dakota and the last 22 here in TX. I think I can account for all my kids. I did travel quite a bit out there, but I don't remember jumping any fences.
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