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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1396236" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Well.. this is an interesting one..</p><p></p><p>Plusses to my area? Dry, but has creeks with water, 1 day drying time for hay for each ton/acre (4T/ac = 4 days), 2 cuts and good grazing, or 3 cuts if you get the timing right and Alfalfa LOVES it here with warm night, producing exceptional protein content, decently long growing season, beautiful country to look at, neighbors aren't too close. You can be close enough to people and still have privacy.. and if you want to, you can really go get lost out in the sticks. Compared to many places, we still have pretty mild winters.. we hardly ever have over 4" of snow.. We hardly have any bad bugs.. a few skeeters in the spring but they get burnt to a crisp, Snakes are all non-venomous... I've seen a couple lizards and a couple salamanders as well.. Elevation here is 1100ft, total precipitation is 8-12"/yr</p><p></p><p>drawbacks? Economy is dead, town lives off handouts.. hardly possible to make a living doing anything as there's not a sufficient population base, and there's probably already 2 other people who'll start up as soon as you do. There's hardly a ranch big enough to really be viable through times of bad prices, the size of the benchland is non-negotiable! It can also make irrigation a hand-move-only kind of deal with odd shapes. Agriculture is only a small part of the economy, so there's no supporting infrastructure.. slaughter houses, sale barns, cold storage, markets, etc. Nearest sale barn is 3 hours away, nearest vet is 2 hours.... They roll up the sidewalks at 7pm. Cliquey politics in town with lots of rumor mills</p><p></p><p><a href="http://lillooetbc.ca" target="_blank">http://lillooetbc.ca</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1396236, member: 9096"] Well.. this is an interesting one.. Plusses to my area? Dry, but has creeks with water, 1 day drying time for hay for each ton/acre (4T/ac = 4 days), 2 cuts and good grazing, or 3 cuts if you get the timing right and Alfalfa LOVES it here with warm night, producing exceptional protein content, decently long growing season, beautiful country to look at, neighbors aren't too close. You can be close enough to people and still have privacy.. and if you want to, you can really go get lost out in the sticks. Compared to many places, we still have pretty mild winters.. we hardly ever have over 4" of snow.. We hardly have any bad bugs.. a few skeeters in the spring but they get burnt to a crisp, Snakes are all non-venomous... I've seen a couple lizards and a couple salamanders as well.. Elevation here is 1100ft, total precipitation is 8-12"/yr drawbacks? Economy is dead, town lives off handouts.. hardly possible to make a living doing anything as there's not a sufficient population base, and there's probably already 2 other people who'll start up as soon as you do. There's hardly a ranch big enough to really be viable through times of bad prices, the size of the benchland is non-negotiable! It can also make irrigation a hand-move-only kind of deal with odd shapes. Agriculture is only a small part of the economy, so there's no supporting infrastructure.. slaughter houses, sale barns, cold storage, markets, etc. Nearest sale barn is 3 hours away, nearest vet is 2 hours.... They roll up the sidewalks at 7pm. Cliquey politics in town with lots of rumor mills [url=http://lillooetbc.ca]http://lillooetbc.ca[/url] [/QUOTE]
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