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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 238021" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I've got horse quality coastal ont he lower flood plain. Several folks are offering as high as $80 a bale in the field. It is hard to say no to them. </p><p></p><p>You have to bear in mind that we broke all records locally on last year's drought. Worse than the dustbowl, hands down. Fort Worth was crying but they received much more rain than we did. We had grass/brush fires every day. </p><p></p><p>You read the old time stories of folks burning the cactus needles off of prickly pear and feeding it to cows, during the 50's drought. Last year is was so dry that all the prickly pear died and that was not even an option. I saw six year old hay sell for $60 a bale. There are no reserves of old hay left. </p><p></p><p>About the only way you can get hay here is to have it trucked in. </p><p></p><p>No one locally, with cattle, on irrigated flood plains is selling hay. There are some folks who have sold out all stock and they are selling hay for a premium. That is what I should do. Fertilizer is expensive and fuel for irrigation pumps is at an all time high too. </p><p></p><p>We've had a bit more rain this year. Tragically we got 7 inches in one day which washed out top soil off of dead fields and filled most of the dry stock tanks with sand/silt. Terraces that have held for years and cut to pieces. There was no vegetation to hold in dirt. </p><p></p><p>Cactus is alive this year and it is not as bad as last year. But times are not good. We are behind on rainfall this year and the land has not recovered from last. </p><p></p><p>Those who over grazed last year wound up with nothing but dry topsoil that was either carried away by the wind or washed away in the 7 inch rain we finally received, all at once.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 238021, member: 3162"] I've got horse quality coastal ont he lower flood plain. Several folks are offering as high as $80 a bale in the field. It is hard to say no to them. You have to bear in mind that we broke all records locally on last year's drought. Worse than the dustbowl, hands down. Fort Worth was crying but they received much more rain than we did. We had grass/brush fires every day. You read the old time stories of folks burning the cactus needles off of prickly pear and feeding it to cows, during the 50's drought. Last year is was so dry that all the prickly pear died and that was not even an option. I saw six year old hay sell for $60 a bale. There are no reserves of old hay left. About the only way you can get hay here is to have it trucked in. No one locally, with cattle, on irrigated flood plains is selling hay. There are some folks who have sold out all stock and they are selling hay for a premium. That is what I should do. Fertilizer is expensive and fuel for irrigation pumps is at an all time high too. We've had a bit more rain this year. Tragically we got 7 inches in one day which washed out top soil off of dead fields and filled most of the dry stock tanks with sand/silt. Terraces that have held for years and cut to pieces. There was no vegetation to hold in dirt. Cactus is alive this year and it is not as bad as last year. But times are not good. We are behind on rainfall this year and the land has not recovered from last. Those who over grazed last year wound up with nothing but dry topsoil that was either carried away by the wind or washed away in the 7 inch rain we finally received, all at once. [/QUOTE]
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