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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1767660" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>Hard not to get jealous of the folks that are getting too much rain. I'm tired of the pollen too...but we need those hearty weeds that grow without rain here in Texas....after that 8" of rain (single rain storm) we had August 23...it hasn't rained since, ground is going brown again. Closing in on 2 months no rain, after 4 months no rain. It's just sunny everyday with highs 80 to 90 degrees (heat doom still on us). I'm excited when I see the dew on the grasses in the cooler mornings..maybe the plants are getting some of that.</p><p>Leaves are still green, lots of sap dripping from the green leaves...they said something about water needing to be in the ground (to bring up the chemicals needed through the roots) for the leaves to start turning. Due to the drought it's not happening. I'm hoping we get at least one good rain in late October so it re-starts what's left of the grass.</p><p>I've been boycotting expensive hay, even the expensive corn stalk hay...i ran a bunch of calculations and did extensive research...and I'm going to try to carry the cattle over the winter with whole corn and other protein grain feeds and let them graze anything brown they can find. Once we get to the first week of February the the good tasty weeds come up before the grasses even. When you boil it down Texas only has a two months of winter...December and January.</p><p>At $65. a round small 4'x5' bail for corn stalk hay where 40% gets wasted and is higher in nitrites due to the drought...found out whole corn per weight density and cost to be a better value.</p><p>What I believe will happen by the time January comes...hay producers will get fearful and lower their hay costs dramatically and I'll start feeding them hay then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1767660, member: 8359"] Hard not to get jealous of the folks that are getting too much rain. I'm tired of the pollen too...but we need those hearty weeds that grow without rain here in Texas....after that 8" of rain (single rain storm) we had August 23...it hasn't rained since, ground is going brown again. Closing in on 2 months no rain, after 4 months no rain. It's just sunny everyday with highs 80 to 90 degrees (heat doom still on us). I'm excited when I see the dew on the grasses in the cooler mornings..maybe the plants are getting some of that. Leaves are still green, lots of sap dripping from the green leaves...they said something about water needing to be in the ground (to bring up the chemicals needed through the roots) for the leaves to start turning. Due to the drought it's not happening. I'm hoping we get at least one good rain in late October so it re-starts what's left of the grass. I've been boycotting expensive hay, even the expensive corn stalk hay...i ran a bunch of calculations and did extensive research...and I'm going to try to carry the cattle over the winter with whole corn and other protein grain feeds and let them graze anything brown they can find. Once we get to the first week of February the the good tasty weeds come up before the grasses even. When you boil it down Texas only has a two months of winter...December and January. At $65. a round small 4'x5' bail for corn stalk hay where 40% gets wasted and is higher in nitrites due to the drought...found out whole corn per weight density and cost to be a better value. What I believe will happen by the time January comes...hay producers will get fearful and lower their hay costs dramatically and I'll start feeding them hay then. [/QUOTE]
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