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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 636633" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>For me it is 100% drought related. Spring flush is nothing but dry wind. Ground is dry with very little moisture if any at all. Temps get into the 80s (we've already had them) that moisture will be gone and still won't have any grass growth. Hay is short and getting hard to come by. Add in what you might get for a calf 6 months from now plus supplementing bare pastures it is better to cut you losses now before you add another $400 in expenses to the couple hundred we've already spent hoping for rain. Idleing the pastures till they recover seems to be solid economics at this point. And it is sad to see good cows that are worth more for slaughter than they are able to make eating grass in someone else's pasture. Most likely the ones I'm taking in today, the calves will be split from the cows and the cows will make hamburger. </p><p></p><p>We've had 1.15 inches since January 1, 2009 which is about 4.5 - 5 below yearly average and 17.95 inches since January 1, 2008 which is around 26 inches short for the time period. Joy is west of me and is working off less than that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 636633, member: 7795"] For me it is 100% drought related. Spring flush is nothing but dry wind. Ground is dry with very little moisture if any at all. Temps get into the 80s (we've already had them) that moisture will be gone and still won't have any grass growth. Hay is short and getting hard to come by. Add in what you might get for a calf 6 months from now plus supplementing bare pastures it is better to cut you losses now before you add another $400 in expenses to the couple hundred we've already spent hoping for rain. Idleing the pastures till they recover seems to be solid economics at this point. And it is sad to see good cows that are worth more for slaughter than they are able to make eating grass in someone else's pasture. Most likely the ones I'm taking in today, the calves will be split from the cows and the cows will make hamburger. We've had 1.15 inches since January 1, 2009 which is about 4.5 - 5 below yearly average and 17.95 inches since January 1, 2008 which is around 26 inches short for the time period. Joy is west of me and is working off less than that. [/QUOTE]
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