Drought declared over........

[1982vett]

:lol:

US Drought Monitor (for our area) and KWTX-TV say the drought is over.

 

[dun]

Drought may be over but the long term effects of it aren;t

 

[Anonymous]

Not over. Just shifted east.

 

[SSGenetics]

Not over. Just shifted east.

Yup.... dry as a bone here. :cry2:

 

[1982vett]

Drought may be over but the long term effects of it aren;t

That feller on TV don't seem to care about that little fact...

 

[dun]

Drought may be over but the long term effects of it aren;t

That feller on TV don't seem to care about that little fact...

He probably isn;t a farmer

 

[bigbull338]

it maybe over,but i wont relax till we see how much hay we will make this year.

 

[1982vett]

Unfertilized pastures are making about 3 5x5 an acre, meadows a little more....l It is a little weedy but the cows will have plenty of time to pick through it when it's fed. Already have 3 rolls a cow in the barns and not quite 1/3 of the way through first cutting. I think the haygrazer grew a foot yesterday...

 

[dieselbeef]

aint baling nothin in fl..dustbowl

 

[ga.prime]

 

[dieselbeef]

wish the clouds were as dark as the area i live in on that chart....tampa bay is the worst

 

[1982vett]

A dry Spring makes for a looonnnggg Summer....

Lot of dry area...

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

it maybe over,but i wont relax till we see how much hay we will make this year.

Yup. I'm glad y'all down there are getting at least SOME relief.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Drought may be over but the long term effects of it aren;t

It will take 200 years to replace these 200 year old trees that died everywhere.

A huge clump of live oaks died on my 3 acre lot adjacent to the house . They were the only significant trees on that lot. Every one of those trees in that grove died. These all survived the old wilt. Now they are gone.

 

[JSCATTLE]

Haven't cut any hay yet . I put out fertilizer yesterday . Bermuda is about 8 inches tall and as thick as carpet . 28 days I should have most of my hay in the barn .

 

[circlew]

Been dry here for almost 2 weeks. But we have three good chances this week. I've been praying hard this week.

 

[highgrit]

My pond is already down 2". We've only had 7" so far this year and it's the rainny season. At least it's a good time to sell, taking another load in Tuesday. I am not going to by hay this summer.

 

[circlew]

I just rented 80 acres. I'm gonna split the home heard up and send half to the new place. If it starts raining I'll get a few more but not too many. We may have gotten ten inches. Most of that was January and February, and as soon as my rye grass was ready for the cows the rain stopped :bang: .

 

[Jogeephus]

A month or so ago we got four inches in one rain event. I had hopes this would break the back of the drought cycle for us but in the back of my mind I figured this was just a pipe dream. Its bone dry here. I'm glad I made the decision I did to reduce my herd. Still haven't finished reducing them to my target but I'm glad I am where I am cause I still have plenty of grass even though it hasn't grown any in weeks and I'm not stressing one bit.

 

[dieselbeef]

i have animals that are mos old...maybe 5 mos that have never seen rain...i hope im around when it finally hits thier backs...