People have already baled their 1st cutting fescue hay around here. I will cut the bermuda horse hay for the 1st time in about 2-3 weeks. We had a cold snap Sun- Tues up here. Blackberry winter. Lows around 40 and highs barely making 60, but the high today will be 79! This will probably be our lowest high til end of Oct or 1st of Nov, and I love it!! I have always said those Canadian and northern states cattlemen are a hell of a lot tougher than I am. I would never survive a winter having to tend cattle or horses up there. The blizzard of '93 was 4 -5 days of sheer night-marish hell for me. Ever since then, when they call for snow here, me and the old lady just head to south Ga or Fla for a couple of days. I vowed that If I could help it, I'd never see snow again as long as I live! LOLWe will be cutting hay in 2-3 weeks.
I won't have that problem for another 90 days.We will be cutting hay in 2-3 weeks.
We plugged some ditches two days ago and will do more in a couple days.I have green grass but it is barely ankle high. We turned out on the 8th. About 70 went to summer camp. The late calving cows are on the hill above the house until they finish calving. Cows have been getting off the feed row almost daily here. I helped haul 120 pairs out yesterday. We are opening the head gate and starting water down one of the irrigation ditches today. By the first of next week I will be changing irrigation daily.
Are you dry there too?Just had fresh snow on Sunday. 2 months from cutting hay here.