If I'm not around today.....

[sprauncey1]

Originally Posted by aggiefamily

Don't take all of it! We desperately need it. There are huge cracks in the ground and no water for my family's cattle. We can't sell the cattle because the market is being flooded right now and auction houses are not taking in any more. There isn't any hay to be harvested for the winter. It is bad. We have a 21 in rainfall deficit right now. The area has actually been in a deficit since Ike in 2008. Any rain showers we have gotten since January have not been measurable rain.

Sorry to be a downer. It just makes me so sad.

I was wondering what was happening for you all! I'm so sad for you! My FIL is a cattle rancher in Oregon (where they had cooler than normal year) and I kinda "get" some of the ranching worries now. Price of beef is going to drop right now, but come next year...its going to go waaaaay up. But a little too late for you all especially you can't sell off the herd. I'm praying for rain!!!