And there's that. We've had on/off rain the past couple of weeks, but it would take at least a month to fill the ponds at that rate - and we're thankful for every drop we get.
You're all practiced up for a hard winter now, may as well get bulls out. I lived in Lander at the ranch the first 18 years of my life and get up there several times a year. We had a few rough winters with below zero temps, but nothing like last winter with all the snow and below zero on top of it. Would be unlikely to have another as bad as last winter.
"One of those years" for a second and third time for many. Surely the ebb and flow of the weather cycle will get to the wet end of the spectrum the next year or two.The storms missed us Saturday. Pastures are not looking too good so I'll be sending a load of steers down the road and might send the lambs early as well. I still have soybeans to plant, but it's too dry. So the fields (already sprayed and fertilized) sit empty.
It's shaping up to be "One of those years." Hoping a Cat 1 stalls over us for a few days.
Looks like most around here are getting a little less this year maybe 80-90%. We are starting to get really dry now though.
Looks like a snow fence, which is a fence designed to stop/trap blowing snow before it gets to a location where it creates an "inconvenience" by creating a drift at that location.
Yes it was. A friend of mine does some stuff with the wild horses, and she has posted on facebook about several horses that died over the winter. The grass has never looked so good, my cows should do well this year. Last week when I was out there there was still some places that still had snow on the ground; mostly the draws that the sun could not get to.
