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<blockquote data-quote="Baydog" data-source="post: 862989" data-attributes="member: 8117"><p>I'm in NE Texas and my long term drought strategy will heavily involve my local salebarn. I went through the 1997-98 and 2005-06 drought and tried buying the extremely expensive hay and feed to hang onto as many cattle as I could. Yeah, not doing that again. I have no grass, little hay, and no desire to start hauling truckloads of feed. I agree that the La Nina appears to be rebounding and since there will be no disaster assistance from any source, I decided to eliminate mouths to feed.</p><p> I don't think spraying herbicides or any other inputs during this drought would be effective and probably a waste of money. I'm just going to mow the weeds down and work on cutting out some brush in areas. I'm concerned that many in this state simply will not be financially viable enough at the end of this drought to still be in the cattle business. I think huge amounts of cattle ground in this state will simply be taken over by the wealthy weekend warriors and hunting clubs. Too many severe droughts too close together in time for the average rancher to stay in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Baydog, post: 862989, member: 8117"] I'm in NE Texas and my long term drought strategy will heavily involve my local salebarn. I went through the 1997-98 and 2005-06 drought and tried buying the extremely expensive hay and feed to hang onto as many cattle as I could. Yeah, not doing that again. I have no grass, little hay, and no desire to start hauling truckloads of feed. I agree that the La Nina appears to be rebounding and since there will be no disaster assistance from any source, I decided to eliminate mouths to feed. I don't think spraying herbicides or any other inputs during this drought would be effective and probably a waste of money. I'm just going to mow the weeds down and work on cutting out some brush in areas. I'm concerned that many in this state simply will not be financially viable enough at the end of this drought to still be in the cattle business. I think huge amounts of cattle ground in this state will simply be taken over by the wealthy weekend warriors and hunting clubs. Too many severe droughts too close together in time for the average rancher to stay in. [/QUOTE]
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