RAIN

[1982vett]

It's almost like Wisconsin and Texas have changed places from last year. Here it is DRY. I don't know if this officially qualifies as "hard grass" but it goes crunch when you walk on it.

I am holding some better pasture for later in case it doesn't rain. But it amazes me how cattle can take "grass" like this and change it into milk for their growing calves and good beef.

I have had cattle for only about 6 years and am still in herd building mode but this is a real education in managing pastures in a drought. We are not used to this in Wisconsin.

Checking on a bull/cow group last evening I did have to smile seeing growing calves nursing cows. They aren't doing too bad for no supplement but I am watching their condition. The 108 day calf in the first picture is close to 400 lb...amazing what a cow can do.

There is a 50% chance of showers this weekend but if I don't get anything significant from this the forecast has another long stretch of high temps and sun before the next "chance of showers".

Some pictures from last evening -

Wouldn't mind at all if you folks in TX would send some of that rain north...

Geez, I'm behind...life got busy for a couple weeks...But that pasture may be short but it's still GREEN. A whole lot greener than anything around here before this episode of rain began... Now it's been almost 3 weeks since it has left and loosing that green again. Did have some showers in the area yesterday afternoon which dropped the temps to 79...was real nice...but dry.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Not all of Texas is as lucky as CB's area. I'm north of Dallas and we've only had 1.07" at my place for the month. Ground is showing it with the cracks.

Got a 1/4 inch Sunday and an inch today.
Yall get any when that little front came through?

 

[Anonymous]

We got just over an inch for the whole month of July. August has started off much better. 6.36" for the month. 3.86" was in 2 hrs though So a lot
Just ran off

 

[ohiobeef]

SR beef, you have some very nice looking Herefords in your pictures. :tiphat:

 

[backhoeboogie]

Today it finally rained. I can put up the Kleenex for a few days.

11 for 11 on the fall calves, knock on wood. #44 looked to be getting ready when I left there. About to go check on her. With this rain, they ought to have grass until winter since the herd was downsized.

 

[greybeard]

The sky's black--thunder lightning--no rain. Not hurting, but could use a little rain shower--I don't like brown bahia and neither do the cows.

 

[banekar]

Medina county has not had the rain as of today, hopefully we can get some tomorrow.

 

[peg4x4]

I woke up to an odd sound last night... roaring rain and grumbles of thunder!
Not sure how much we got,but it was nice.. Not only rain,but it's cooler :shock: August cool front in Texas

 

[slick4591]

Since yesterday morning we've had a little over 2" with cooler temps. I had to walk to the heifers yesterday evening to check them. Haven't had to do that since spring. This morning was really nice at 65*.

 

[backhoeboogie]

3 1/2 inches at the farm. Barely 1/2 inch here at the house. I needed it at the farm. It came all at once but that's okay. I'll take it.

 

[baleflipper]

3/4" at Lytton Springs, 1 3/4" at Cedar Creek. 7 miles apart.Bastrop had 2". Wheat land was plowed,it soaked in.

 

[banekar]

Now we need rain in the Luling area, somehow missed this one. Did get some west of San Antonio, thank goodness.

 

[Calman]

Got 2 3/4 inches at Post Oak Ranch and 1 3/4 rain here. Love it!!!

Cal

 

[1982vett]

Slept completely through this one....got 6/10ths. Feller other side of the county said they got 2 1/2 and not far away over 4. Guess we were lucky to get anything at all.

 

[papavillars]

Little over three inches here between buffalo and Fairfield. A couple later would help winter grass

 

[Caustic Burno]

Slept completely through this one....got 6/10ths. Feller other side of the county said they got 2 1/2 and not far away over 4. Guess we were lucky to get anything at all.

I didn't get a drop the south side of hwy 190 got 3 inches missed by a half a mile.
But when I got 15 inches a month ago they got a couple.
No matter how important we think we are you can't make it rain.

 

[Brute 23]

We were floating the Frio river and staying a little north of Garner St Park.... (between Conac and Lakey). They got a good rain early this moring. On the way home this morning from there to SA it was wet. Some fields had quite a bit of water standing.

We might of pulled out .5 to .75 today at the house.

 

[Anonymous]

Not 2" for all July and now we are at 10.44" for August. Be nice if it just all evened out through the year

 

[Calman]

Amazing what a rain will do. My yard grass went from dry and crispy to needs mowed. I don't know if I can bring myself to mow all that purty green stuff. :lol:

Cal

 

[TexasBred]

Amazing what a rain will do. My yard grass went from dry and crispy to needs mowed. I don't know if I can bring myself to mow all that purty green stuff. :lol:

Cal

Great isn't it. We ended up with about 2 inches but you can almost hear the grass growing and see lots of folks smiling again.