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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1434866" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>We got all of our bulls sold Jay. Had 5 bulls in the pen, kept one for ourselves that we are using cleanup on the heifers and few cows and the other 4 all sold to commercial herds including 1 that went to Wyoming along with another bull from a guy that started his herd a few years ago with some heifers he bought from us and had a son out of Churchill Sure Bet which is a bull sired by Sensation. Curious to see how the WY bulls do as that was a new market for us and the buyer has been looking for some Hereford bulls for awhile now but the market and his budget are pretty limited where he is located at.</p><p></p><p>Really need some rain here soon. 110 heat index here the past couple days and feels like a sauna when you step outside. As I am writing this near midnight we still have a 96 heat index with 71% humidity. Cows pretty much are hanging out in the creeks and trees trying to keep cool and the fescue they are grazing doesn't help with that either. If it doesn't cool down a bit and get some meaningful rain may have to consider early weaning this year to take some stress off the cows as we have done in past years when we had drought conditions. Had some good weather during the early part of the breeding season so not worried so much about getting them bred back and we got some good cuttings of hay for the winter but too much more of the extreme heat we are having the cows could come out of pasture in pretty rough shape if they don't get some relief soon. Last night got 2.1" of rain at my house in about 90 minutes from a pop up thunderstorm but our farm about 25 miles west got nothing more than some sprinkles. Ground is so hard and dry right now that downpours probably just run off more than soak into the soil. Farms in the southern part of the state have gotten very little for rain since May and the crops there are going to be in trouble if they don't get some rain soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1434866, member: 20580"] We got all of our bulls sold Jay. Had 5 bulls in the pen, kept one for ourselves that we are using cleanup on the heifers and few cows and the other 4 all sold to commercial herds including 1 that went to Wyoming along with another bull from a guy that started his herd a few years ago with some heifers he bought from us and had a son out of Churchill Sure Bet which is a bull sired by Sensation. Curious to see how the WY bulls do as that was a new market for us and the buyer has been looking for some Hereford bulls for awhile now but the market and his budget are pretty limited where he is located at. Really need some rain here soon. 110 heat index here the past couple days and feels like a sauna when you step outside. As I am writing this near midnight we still have a 96 heat index with 71% humidity. Cows pretty much are hanging out in the creeks and trees trying to keep cool and the fescue they are grazing doesn't help with that either. If it doesn't cool down a bit and get some meaningful rain may have to consider early weaning this year to take some stress off the cows as we have done in past years when we had drought conditions. Had some good weather during the early part of the breeding season so not worried so much about getting them bred back and we got some good cuttings of hay for the winter but too much more of the extreme heat we are having the cows could come out of pasture in pretty rough shape if they don't get some relief soon. Last night got 2.1" of rain at my house in about 90 minutes from a pop up thunderstorm but our farm about 25 miles west got nothing more than some sprinkles. Ground is so hard and dry right now that downpours probably just run off more than soak into the soil. Farms in the southern part of the state have gotten very little for rain since May and the crops there are going to be in trouble if they don't get some rain soon. [/QUOTE]
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