We are in a very sad drought. On 68 acres of oats I got 46 small round bales. I have all my ponds and tanks that are dry and have been for 5 months. I made 12 bushel's of wheat and none of my neighbors cut theirs or made hay of it, as it was too short. You cannot mow my pastures as short as they are with any mower. I have 37 mother cows on hand that are registered Maines, 9 bred heifers, three bulls, three young bulls going for a feed lot, 15 heifers that we have not registered yet, all 3/4 or PB, 4 bull calves that have not been weaned. I have been feeding the cows round bales of grassburs, windmill weed, and a very little alfalfa that a neighbor baled a year ago. I could not plant any hay as we did not have enough moister. I got 9 inches the first week of July in 2010. I have had 5.6 inches in a year since on my home place and 3 inches on my two other farms. We are in a very dry cycle. I have had a farm in Hardeman county for 10 years, my friend had it for 35 years prior to me. He took his cows off once due to drought and had I not put in a well would have had them off 9 of the 10 years. The well has to be choked down with only a stream the size of my little finger running in the tank, with the rest running back into the well or it breaks cycle. It is the driest year on record, hottest June ever with only one day where it did not reach 100 (98), and windiest year to date ever. There will not be any dryland summer crops, NONE. Sand blows almost daily and fires where people have some grass. I mowed the weeds in my yard once and the grass has never grown.
Does anyone know where I might be able to rent a place that has pasture for my cows and heifers?
Does anyone know where I might be able to rent a place that has pasture for my cows and heifers?
