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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2802"><p>> I found this site a couple of</p><p>> months ago and now try to check it</p><p>> out daily. I've been in the cattle</p><p>> business for over 50 years, but</p><p>> have never heard of some of the</p><p>> breeds discussed. Never seen many</p><p>> of those discussed up here in</p><p>> Montana. Also like to hear about</p><p>> the diversity's in climate- I've</p><p>> always thought of Texas as a dry</p><p>> climate and then hear about areas</p><p>> with 20-30 inches of rain. And</p><p>> then other areas with 40+ inches</p><p>> of rain. Makes our less than 11</p><p>> inches this year feel like a</p><p>> desert.</p><p></p><p>> Right now we have 4 foot high snow</p><p>> drifts- snow on the ground since</p><p>> the last week of October- All this</p><p>> while I read your posts about the</p><p>> heat and heat tolerant cattle. All</p><p>> interesting.</p><p></p><p>Yes it's incredible how climates are so different.Yesterday here in our part of the world,the northern part of NSW Australia at elevation 3,000 feet we had our hottest day for summer,35 degrees celcius (37 degrees is about 100 fahrenheit) so it was 97/98 F. Some parts to our east in the subtropical area nearer to the coast had temps to 45 degrees Celcius (about 105/107 F) We had a slow start to summer with quite cool temperatures for the first week or so. We need rain again,our average per year is 34/35 inches. This year we have had about 26". Most fell in the first 3 months and the last 3 months. Our best rain is supposed to be over summer. The best for the last few years has been in Autumn (Fall to Americans) Keep Warm Colin</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:colin.chevalley@bigpond.com.au">colin.chevalley@bigpond.com.au</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2802"] > I found this site a couple of > months ago and now try to check it > out daily. I've been in the cattle > business for over 50 years, but > have never heard of some of the > breeds discussed. Never seen many > of those discussed up here in > Montana. Also like to hear about > the diversity's in climate- I've > always thought of Texas as a dry > climate and then hear about areas > with 20-30 inches of rain. And > then other areas with 40+ inches > of rain. Makes our less than 11 > inches this year feel like a > desert. > Right now we have 4 foot high snow > drifts- snow on the ground since > the last week of October- All this > while I read your posts about the > heat and heat tolerant cattle. All > interesting. Yes it's incredible how climates are so different.Yesterday here in our part of the world,the northern part of NSW Australia at elevation 3,000 feet we had our hottest day for summer,35 degrees celcius (37 degrees is about 100 fahrenheit) so it was 97/98 F. Some parts to our east in the subtropical area nearer to the coast had temps to 45 degrees Celcius (about 105/107 F) We had a slow start to summer with quite cool temperatures for the first week or so. We need rain again,our average per year is 34/35 inches. This year we have had about 26". Most fell in the first 3 months and the last 3 months. Our best rain is supposed to be over summer. The best for the last few years has been in Autumn (Fall to Americans) Keep Warm Colin [email=colin.chevalley@bigpond.com.au]colin.chevalley@bigpond.com.au[/email] [/QUOTE]
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