Looking for comments and thoughts of anyone who lives/ranches in NE Texas (think Greenville and areas north and north/east of there) Whats ranching like for you in your local and any other thoughts about the region. Thanks bman
bman4523":3mck4r0f said:Looking for comments and thoughts of anyone who lives/ranches in NE Texas (think Greenville and areas north and north/east of there) Whats ranching like for you in your local and any other thoughts about the region. Thanks bman
bman4523":355c77ak said:Backoe, that is very interesting. What is the location from which you relocated those cattle during drought? I wonder if others can shed some light on this?
There use to be be 6=700 but I'm sure the numbers are way down now. Mostly small back in the old days but some pretty good size ones around now.dcara":3ays3p4j said:Though I've never counted them I think there are more dairies around Sulphur Spings and east of Greenville in general. I get a good 14/67 (Pr/TDN) feed I use for general purposes from a dairy feed supplier in SS.
backhoeboogie":1x3vrubd said:I have been hesitating to respond to this thread.
I've got a place (inherited) between Longview and Marshall. Took some of my cows there in the '03 drought (here) and they nearly starved to death in waist deep grass. I have no idea why the grass there does not have the strength that it does here. The place adjoins some of my uncles. I let them cut the hay on it. The hay does not test well. But they hold me some just in case. If I had to feed it, I would go with tubs or some type of supplement.
People tell me my cows need to be conditioned for that place. I dunno. You also have to bear in mind that I have not run soil tests or done anything else to improve the forages there. Surely a little maintenance would make a difference.