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<blockquote data-quote="OK Jeanne" data-source="post: 244147" data-attributes="member: 3333"><p>As you know, we had one of the driest winters on</p><p>record. We just had barely enough winter pasture</p><p>(oats/rye) to finish out the beef steers for harvest</p><p>in Jan-Feb. The long-term drought forecast was for</p><p>drought through this summer and even into fall.</p><p>Therefore, we sold every up-coming beef steer in</p><p>late February----so we won't have any beef for our</p><p>regular customers next Jan-Feb. We may have a cull</p><p>cow for ground beef this fall. I expect to send out</p><p>emails/letters explaining the situation to our clients and hope they understand . We can't bear to sell off the breeding herd genetics that we have built up over the past 10 years----so decided to sacrafice the beef steers for a season instead.</p><p></p><p>I've been told that the native pastures hold their protein</p><p>value better than most all (dead)introduced forages.</p><p>We have good native pastures, thank goodness. We have</p><p>one bermuda bottom land field that is still green, but not</p><p>tall enough to make it pay to make hay, so we are grazing</p><p>that.....might make some hay by November there I hope.</p><p></p><p>My Dad's favorite saying: "It will rain right before it's too late."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OK Jeanne, post: 244147, member: 3333"] As you know, we had one of the driest winters on record. We just had barely enough winter pasture (oats/rye) to finish out the beef steers for harvest in Jan-Feb. The long-term drought forecast was for drought through this summer and even into fall. Therefore, we sold every up-coming beef steer in late February----so we won't have any beef for our regular customers next Jan-Feb. We may have a cull cow for ground beef this fall. I expect to send out emails/letters explaining the situation to our clients and hope they understand . We can't bear to sell off the breeding herd genetics that we have built up over the past 10 years----so decided to sacrafice the beef steers for a season instead. I've been told that the native pastures hold their protein value better than most all (dead)introduced forages. We have good native pastures, thank goodness. We have one bermuda bottom land field that is still green, but not tall enough to make it pay to make hay, so we are grazing that.....might make some hay by November there I hope. My Dad's favorite saying: "It will rain right before it's too late." [/QUOTE]
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