we need rain

[cowgirl8]

I sure hope this winter ends up like last and on into the summer. The past couple years we've had our droughts in the winter and wet times in the summer. Works out great.....
But I don't like checking ponds daily. And when I traveled west, I saw that ponds that way were drier. If you have no water, you have no cattle....
Is anyone else getting low on water?

 

[J&D Cattle]

Awful dry here too. We had several ponds go dry on one rent farm and had to move the cows and calves to pens in a lot. We were already planning on selling those cows in a couple of weeks but hated to move them across the road to a spring pond as they aren't that easy caught. We could funnel them off a hill and down a road where they were.

Bought a farm the other day and winter water already has me concerned. May be drilling a well sooner than expected.

 

[cowgirl8]

We had ponds dug this summer....I keep going by them to see if they are filled yet, but oops, we've had no rain...
My loony sister in law once asked how we fill new ponds....I was speechless....
Had a guy buy some hay from us, although I really don't want to sell now.. We bale his place and it made a ton of hay. He bought 100 bales to add to it. It has me wondering if he's heard a long range forecast...

 

[callmefence]

We got our winter oat pastures up ok. Lots didn't. But water is getting to be a issue. I'm gonna have to move some cattle in on my hunters if it doesn't rain soon.
I don't see this system coming giving enough to fill tanks. I'll take whatever we can get but it's gonna take a bunch to get any run off.
As cg8 mentioned. I've seen them this low going into summer. I'll take my drought in the winter as well.

 

[Brute 23]

It's dry here. Nothing significant since the hurricane.

 

[Rafter S]

We had probably the driest November I can remember, but we had pretty good rain yesterday and last night, and 80% -90% forecast for the next couple of days.

 

[cowgirl8]

We've been sitting on a good chance with about 1/3rd inch total...but they just upped it to almost an inch for over night. We have so much rye coming up everywhere, we just need a tad to keep it alive....The dalis grass is still green here and there are some trees with leaves still....I love the warm, but would like to see it wet for a while...

 

[slick4591]

I've already lost what little rye and wheat I had sprout. Plenty of water in the tank and I'm hooked up to the local water system. With that said... we got a mist this morning and have cracks 2 to 3 inches wide. I'm also watching a lightening storm up around the Red River.

 

[snoopdog]

Dry here , wheat not doing anything , pond getting really low. Bought totes the other day, need a pump, more hay and fortitude . And prayers .

 

[TCRanch]

We desperately need rain! The ponds are still okay in the pastures but the Watershed Dept drained the lake 4 feet to do erosion repairs on the spillway. It's a 60 acre watershed, our main source of water for the cattle during the spring/summer/fall, and it's now at drought level. The cement structure in the pic is the overflow and you can clearly see "normal" water levels.

 

[True Grit Farms]

We're in really bad shape here I've planted 3 times so far and lost most of it because of the lack of rain. We had a good summer for growing hay and should be alright, and having water for the cows isn't an issue I pump it to them out of wells.

 

[bird dog]

My ponds are 18 to 24" low. They are dangerous for cattle and the duck hunters putting out decoys. My winter grass mix is doing very well considering the lack of rain. The soil was damp about two inchs down when I planted it and we had a rain about a week later. Not much since then. I've had calves on it for the last two weeks. We've had some foggy heavy dew mornings that has kept it going I guess? This old black soil does hold some moisture.

 

[1982vett]

Yep...coulda used the rain they said we would get three weeks ago....still waiting.

Rafter...guess the rain you got was what tracked south of us.

 

[wacocowboy]

It’s dry and ponds are way down hate to put cows on a tank but may have to we don’t get heavy rain with run off. Poor oats are just a few inches up they could use a drink.

 

[1982vett]

Cows could chew through mine in a few days. Ryegrass is still hanging on but it’s hurting.

 

[greybeard]

Been raining on and off here all day today and some yesterday too.
Ain't complaining one bit either way.

 

[Dave]

No moisture here and none in the forecast. I am happy about that because anything falling from the sky here now would be white. The longer it is until winter starts the shorter it will be.

 

[wacocowboy]

Just saw the forecast tonight and looks like not going to get as much as they thought

 

[cowgirl8]

I don't think we got any rain last night. If we did, it was just sprinkles...ugh Maybe it was enough to keep the rye alive..

 

[Bright Raven]

I don't think we got any rain last night. If we did, it was just sprinkles...ugh Maybe it was enough to keep the rye alive..

We had a dry November. Which I needed to get some stuff done. Raining as I post this. Been warm too, but will be 13 by Saturday.