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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 736972" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>2003 was the worst drought locally since records have been kept. You read the stories about them burning the needles off of cactus and feeding it to cows in the 50's. Prickly pear looked like dried up pieces of purple cardboard laying in curls on the ground. So we didn't have the options they used in the 50's. The drought was literally so bad cactus died. </p><p></p><p>Everyone in this area culled to the bone. Many sold out completely. Since then, most of us have been expanding and retaining. There is a lot of imported cold climate cattle and we don't buy those because they don't work in our environment. Not many of us are running terminal bulls at the moment. We're running bulls for retention purposes. </p><p></p><p>So I am seeing exactly the opposite thing you are seeing. </p><p></p><p>200 miles south of here has been in a terrible drought that we have not experienced over the last two years. I suspect many of those folks are going to be building back up this year and the next several. Since you can't buy good eared cows easily (or cheaply) there will be a lot of heifer retention going on. </p><p></p><p>Does this explanation help? It may not even be a drop in the bucket to the whole U.S.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 736972, member: 3162"] 2003 was the worst drought locally since records have been kept. You read the stories about them burning the needles off of cactus and feeding it to cows in the 50's. Prickly pear looked like dried up pieces of purple cardboard laying in curls on the ground. So we didn't have the options they used in the 50's. The drought was literally so bad cactus died. Everyone in this area culled to the bone. Many sold out completely. Since then, most of us have been expanding and retaining. There is a lot of imported cold climate cattle and we don't buy those because they don't work in our environment. Not many of us are running terminal bulls at the moment. We're running bulls for retention purposes. So I am seeing exactly the opposite thing you are seeing. 200 miles south of here has been in a terrible drought that we have not experienced over the last two years. I suspect many of those folks are going to be building back up this year and the next several. Since you can't buy good eared cows easily (or cheaply) there will be a lot of heifer retention going on. Does this explanation help? It may not even be a drop in the bucket to the whole U.S. [/QUOTE]
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