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<blockquote data-quote="Stepper" data-source="post: 237209" data-attributes="member: 3398"><p>msscamp,</p><p></p><p>I stand to differ with you on alot of things here. I served 10 years in the National Gaurds and national disaters such as drought, hurricanes, tornadoes etc...., is just part of the reasons the national gaurd is arround. </p><p></p><p>And you are mistaken about all of the South being in drought. I am in North West Arkansas and we are not over run with rain but here in my area we are receiving average rain fall. And i know places like Colorado reley on irrigation to water their hay feilds. But here nobody does. Even though this is not a wet year for here. I think i am going to be getting 3 cuttings of hay. I know for sure 2 cuttings. </p><p></p><p>Now as for as who is going to pay for the national gaurdsmens exspense's it will be who always picks up the bill. Us the tax payers. This is nothing new. One example is Katrina. And they shipped in thousand up on thounsands of gallons of water for human consumption there. To water live stock it would not be nothing to truck tanker load after load to water live stock. As far as Texas goes the Arkansas river would be a good source to get water from to just water live stock.</p><p></p><p>And as for as hay goes. I can only speak for my area but there is alot of it availiable for $ 15 and $ 20 dollars a bail. Like i said in my post i turned down 150 acres of good hay that i could have cut. And the owner was wanting to sale it. And that is not scratching the surface.</p><p></p><p>And just because a person raises cattle or is a farmer does not mean they are a good person. There is good and bad no matter what you get into. Now i dont know how much the shipping would cost to ship a semi load of hay to Texas but i could have located enough of it at $ 15 a 4 x 5 bail to have sent several loads to Texas. So unless the shipping totaled up to $ 90 a bail - the $ 15 to $ 20 a bail for the hay. Some one is making a pretty good little profit.</p><p></p><p>I sold 35 bails this Spring because i did not want to feed last summers hay. And it was good hay. My heifers went from 550 lbs to 800 lbs from last October to middle of April. So it had to of been some what good. I would have sold it to someone from Texas for $ 15 a bail just like i sold it to the guy from here.</p><p></p><p>I offered back in the winter to help people locate it. And there are several people arround here who just cuts and sells hay. Just like my friend who bought 95 bails of it delivered at $ 15 a bail.</p><p></p><p>Like you have said so many times. Different locations have different situtions. I agree drought is a problem for MOST of the South but not for ALL of the South. And even here in Arkansas from listening to the people from Eastern Arkansas they are having a pretty tuff time of it. But knock on wood. We seem to be pretty lucky here in my location. And not every one here who raise cattle are good people. But alot are and i am sure they would help out in a relief effort if there was some type of plan sort of like help from the National Gaurd. To ship hay to these people.</p><p></p><p>Now we have our fair share of crooks here to. Who would and probably are taking advantage of these people who are struggling. I know of one guy who is selling squares just mixed grass squares for $ 6 a bail. You can go a mile down the road and buy the same hay for $ 2.50 a bail out of the barn. This same crook is selling 4 x 5 mixed grass hay ( not fertilized hay) for $ 32 a bail. Selling to people who are not from this area by the way. And he is a big rancher. Has lots of money. By the way he does business i can see how he came by it. Not to many people arround here think to highly of him. But then again there is good and bad any where you go any more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stepper, post: 237209, member: 3398"] msscamp, I stand to differ with you on alot of things here. I served 10 years in the National Gaurds and national disaters such as drought, hurricanes, tornadoes etc...., is just part of the reasons the national gaurd is arround. And you are mistaken about all of the South being in drought. I am in North West Arkansas and we are not over run with rain but here in my area we are receiving average rain fall. And i know places like Colorado reley on irrigation to water their hay feilds. But here nobody does. Even though this is not a wet year for here. I think i am going to be getting 3 cuttings of hay. I know for sure 2 cuttings. Now as for as who is going to pay for the national gaurdsmens exspense's it will be who always picks up the bill. Us the tax payers. This is nothing new. One example is Katrina. And they shipped in thousand up on thounsands of gallons of water for human consumption there. To water live stock it would not be nothing to truck tanker load after load to water live stock. As far as Texas goes the Arkansas river would be a good source to get water from to just water live stock. And as for as hay goes. I can only speak for my area but there is alot of it availiable for $ 15 and $ 20 dollars a bail. Like i said in my post i turned down 150 acres of good hay that i could have cut. And the owner was wanting to sale it. And that is not scratching the surface. And just because a person raises cattle or is a farmer does not mean they are a good person. There is good and bad no matter what you get into. Now i dont know how much the shipping would cost to ship a semi load of hay to Texas but i could have located enough of it at $ 15 a 4 x 5 bail to have sent several loads to Texas. So unless the shipping totaled up to $ 90 a bail - the $ 15 to $ 20 a bail for the hay. Some one is making a pretty good little profit. I sold 35 bails this Spring because i did not want to feed last summers hay. And it was good hay. My heifers went from 550 lbs to 800 lbs from last October to middle of April. So it had to of been some what good. I would have sold it to someone from Texas for $ 15 a bail just like i sold it to the guy from here. I offered back in the winter to help people locate it. And there are several people arround here who just cuts and sells hay. Just like my friend who bought 95 bails of it delivered at $ 15 a bail. Like you have said so many times. Different locations have different situtions. I agree drought is a problem for MOST of the South but not for ALL of the South. And even here in Arkansas from listening to the people from Eastern Arkansas they are having a pretty tuff time of it. But knock on wood. We seem to be pretty lucky here in my location. And not every one here who raise cattle are good people. But alot are and i am sure they would help out in a relief effort if there was some type of plan sort of like help from the National Gaurd. To ship hay to these people. Now we have our fair share of crooks here to. Who would and probably are taking advantage of these people who are struggling. I know of one guy who is selling squares just mixed grass squares for $ 6 a bail. You can go a mile down the road and buy the same hay for $ 2.50 a bail out of the barn. This same crook is selling 4 x 5 mixed grass hay ( not fertilized hay) for $ 32 a bail. Selling to people who are not from this area by the way. And he is a big rancher. Has lots of money. By the way he does business i can see how he came by it. Not to many people arround here think to highly of him. But then again there is good and bad any where you go any more. [/QUOTE]
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