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<blockquote data-quote="stocky" data-source="post: 853586" data-attributes="member: 1150"><p>Lauralees, I would disagree with you on one point. You said NOBODY is making money on this drought. There are some very unethical people who are making alot of money. There are peole who are baling trash, by that I mean weeds, sagegrass, serecia lespedeza, fescue stems, and other stuff in their pastures that their cattle will not eat but it looks good in the round bale. They are then selling these 4x5 bales for 25-30 dollars per bale and it is being shipped to Texas and selling for over 100 dollars per bale. These peole should be prosecuted for fraud. Imagine if you are a farmer in Texas trying to save your cattle and you pay 110 dollars per bale for a load of hay and you roll out a bale of this trash. Normally, most of us never buy a bale of hay without knowing what we are getting. However, with this drought, you now have to trust people you know nothing about. It is a shame there are so many crooks to deal with. I learned a long time ago a very hard lesson. That lesson is, there will always be more cattle. Don't lose the farm trying to keep the cows. If there is a silver lining, it is that the cattle prices are at an unheard of high price during a bad drought. Those of use who have sold entire herds for 10-15 cents per pound for breeding cows and 35-45 cents per pound for calves, in the 80's, are amazed that you can receive 50-70 cents for cows and 1.00-1.50 for calves in a drought forced selling. I cannot comprehend paying 50-60 dollars (much less 100 dollars plus) for round bales to keep cattle when they are this price. My family made that mistake once and it has taken a very long time to recover, but most in my area never did. Good luck to everyone with the incredibly tough decisions you are having to make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stocky, post: 853586, member: 1150"] Lauralees, I would disagree with you on one point. You said NOBODY is making money on this drought. There are some very unethical people who are making alot of money. There are peole who are baling trash, by that I mean weeds, sagegrass, serecia lespedeza, fescue stems, and other stuff in their pastures that their cattle will not eat but it looks good in the round bale. They are then selling these 4x5 bales for 25-30 dollars per bale and it is being shipped to Texas and selling for over 100 dollars per bale. These peole should be prosecuted for fraud. Imagine if you are a farmer in Texas trying to save your cattle and you pay 110 dollars per bale for a load of hay and you roll out a bale of this trash. Normally, most of us never buy a bale of hay without knowing what we are getting. However, with this drought, you now have to trust people you know nothing about. It is a shame there are so many crooks to deal with. I learned a long time ago a very hard lesson. That lesson is, there will always be more cattle. Don't lose the farm trying to keep the cows. If there is a silver lining, it is that the cattle prices are at an unheard of high price during a bad drought. Those of use who have sold entire herds for 10-15 cents per pound for breeding cows and 35-45 cents per pound for calves, in the 80's, are amazed that you can receive 50-70 cents for cows and 1.00-1.50 for calves in a drought forced selling. I cannot comprehend paying 50-60 dollars (much less 100 dollars plus) for round bales to keep cattle when they are this price. My family made that mistake once and it has taken a very long time to recover, but most in my area never did. Good luck to everyone with the incredibly tough decisions you are having to make. [/QUOTE]
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