Neter Sentra said:

I'm at a loss came home to find 3/4 of my biggest pasture burnt to the ground.....wanna cry don't have enough for hay all winter and now I don't have fields to feed....farming is like growing it's all about working through the problems.....it's never about reaping the rewards....at least for me.

I can't do much but cry and hit this joint. Ok time to get creative.

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WTF how that happen???

Seamaiden said:

How wonderful to have another lady on the farm, and you are clearly kickin' ass and takin' names. This meme's for you!

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I have a red winged black bird tatted on my chest. This is an awesome pic.

Neter Sentra said:

I'm at a loss came home to find 3/4 of my biggest pasture burnt to the ground.....wanna cry don't have enough for hay all winter and now I don't have fields to feed....farming is like growing it's all about working through the problems.....it's never about reaping the rewards....at least for me.

I can't do much but cry and hit this joint. Ok time to get creative.

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Hate to hear that. It has been pretty dry, and with the winds we get... Yikes. Let me know if I can help.

I grew up reading Marguerite Henry, and once I read King of the Wind, I HAD to have an Arabian. My mother "indulged" me with a Nabor++ bred gelding named Barna-B-Gazi. And boy was that horse a Barney! I love my hotblooded horses, though. Nothin' pushbutton about them.

But, what I love more is a good working horse, so for me it's any horse that can work a cow. I've never had the opportunity to do it, but I had a farrier who was a great cow horseman and we'd spend the whole shoeing session talking about his cutting and roping horses.

Neter Sentra said:

I'm at a loss came home to find 3/4 of my biggest pasture burnt to the ground.....wanna cry don't have enough for hay all winter and now I don't have fields to feed....farming is like growing it's all about working through the problems.....it's never about reaping the rewards....at least for me.

I can't do much but cry and hit this joint. Ok time to get creative.

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It's time to call on other resources. Do you have them? I mean, I'm down here in SoCal, just drove through Arizona and New Mexico and saw TONS of alfalfa being harvested. I know it's expensive, but given the number of head you're running I'm wondering if there may be a program to help you offset your costs. Let me know if you'd like me to do some digging.

Lots of early hay was rained on, in the Arkansas Valley. I paid $130 a ton delivered, for horse hay. My wife does the books for a hay broker. I can do some pricing. Or, I can ask around about lease pastures.

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Can they get any cuter!

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Yep, in their steak form...

Sorry to hear about your pasture, hope you manage i can relate.

This year (last) has been crap were i live too much rain, too hot a summer, the cows are surviving on corn but they are drunk most of the time, not good for the milk :(