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Re: Drought aid too late ??
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Posted by Glen in TX on August 31, 2006 at 15:32:17 from (208.246.9.194):
In Reply to: Re: Drought aid too late ?? posted by R. Goodwin on August 29, 2006 at 18:47:09:
R. Goodwin, I'm in the panhandle area next to NM way on west side. I know where you are there not far from Lufkin as we work some with forest service folks there. It was real dry here since last fall and June rains barely greened things and then it burnt up again. No dryland wheat, no dryland milo this time and grass has finally greened and growing but like you said no cattle much to put out for grazing because everyone has sold them off when dry earlier or because of all te fires earlier. Some had investor cattle out on CRP grass emergency grazing and don't know how they kept from losing money on that and now we have pasture grass to lease for grazing they want those cattle penned in mud to just feed? Makes lots of sense? Not. lol. Yeah we sold cows 3 years ago and will probably never run a cow/calf operation ever again and it's just going to leasing to the big guys and packer owned cattle. Might as well go back to grass and windmills and forget farming for what irrigation costs now too. None of their programs work for dryland farmers anymore and don't pay enough. Their stupid program for dryland corn was a disaster last 2 years and everyone living in the panhandle knew you can't grow dryland corn here when last 2 years wheat and milo has failed. Everyone wants cheap food but won't understand why we need ag subsidiy programs until they are starving someday and all their food, clothes, and everything they own is foreign made. Best thing I've seen is in NM close to here where they leased rocky grass cliffs on edge of caprock for wind generators. It's making them more money than farming or cattle could now.
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