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<blockquote data-quote="chevytaHOE5674" data-source="post: 1719055" data-attributes="member: 19817"><p>Every couple years somebody moves UP here to the frozen tundra with dreams of grazing year around, or feeding very little hay and grazing stockpile, or whatever the current fad is. They usually come from someplace south and move here where land is cheap thinking they will make it rich because they can own so much land they won't need hay. </p><p></p><p>Then a November storm drops 4 feet of snow in 12 hours. They are in a panic because their cows have nothing to eat and they can't even keep cows contained in their single poly wire fence. They call one of us "dumb" locals to come rescue their cows and feed them (because they don't even own a tractor as they had no plans of feeding hay).</p><p></p><p>The farm and house I am in right now was bought by me for pennies on the dollar from the bank who foreclosed on it from someone who had similar plans. He did make some hay for them but left it in the field until he needed it, because in his words "why handle it twice". Well that winter the snow was 6 to 7 foot deep when he needed it and he was unable to even find the bales let alone get them moved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chevytaHOE5674, post: 1719055, member: 19817"] Every couple years somebody moves UP here to the frozen tundra with dreams of grazing year around, or feeding very little hay and grazing stockpile, or whatever the current fad is. They usually come from someplace south and move here where land is cheap thinking they will make it rich because they can own so much land they won't need hay. Then a November storm drops 4 feet of snow in 12 hours. They are in a panic because their cows have nothing to eat and they can't even keep cows contained in their single poly wire fence. They call one of us "dumb" locals to come rescue their cows and feed them (because they don't even own a tractor as they had no plans of feeding hay). The farm and house I am in right now was bought by me for pennies on the dollar from the bank who foreclosed on it from someone who had similar plans. He did make some hay for them but left it in the field until he needed it, because in his words "why handle it twice". Well that winter the snow was 6 to 7 foot deep when he needed it and he was unable to even find the bales let alone get them moved. [/QUOTE]
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