We had to take a load of beautiful cows to the sale, another one will leave in the morning. The only strike against these cows is they didn’t get bred in the first 30 days with the bulls last year. This year unless a cow is absolutely perfect they are being culled. It can take decades to build a good herd and one sale to take a bunch of that work away. The prices are running from dismal to okay… I’m hoping for the okay side. The price of hay is the highest I’ve ever seen, and the hay crop is not producing due to drought. Last week we lost one cow to lightning, one cow found a bog and got stuck in it in the same pasture we rent, and one cow may have eaten a toxic weed. A tough year to be in ranching.
Sorry to hear the tough year with the drought and some of the cattle processes. Most people walk into a store make a purchase and have no idea what is involved while it was on the hoof.
Looks like the weather trends are going to continue with a La Nina winter.
Thanks Chuck,
One day at a time, that’s all God asks. Just gotta keep our heads and trust God to guide us in our decisions …so many of us are in the same boat up here. Our new parish priest has begun saying the “Litany of the Saints” during Mass for adequate moisture.